Alleged mafia 'boss of bosses' maintains silence

The reputed boss of the Italian Mafia Bernardo Provenzano maintained his prison silence today as forensic experts searched his hideout and police arrested three men accused of aiding Italy’s No.1 fugitive.

Investigators spent the night reviewing notes found in the dilapidated farmhouse in Provenzano’s hometown of Corleone where his four decades on the run ended yesterday, the ANSA and Apcom news agencies reported.