Three arrested for aiding 'Mafia boss' Provenzano

Police today arrested three people accused of aiding Italy’s No.1 fugitive and reputed Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, who was captured after four decades on the run.

A police official in Palermo, Sicily, confirmed the three had been picked up for helping Provenzano by passing on messages and packages while he was in hiding.

Provenzano, the reputed Mafia “boss of bosses,” was captured yesterday in a farmhouse outside his power base of Corleone, Sicily – the town that inspired the family name in the Mafia film The Godfather.