ROME (Reuters) - The start of Italy's new legislature on Friday marked the end of immunity for at least three former members of parliament who were promptly arrested on charges including mafia collusion and corruption.
Nicola Cosentino, a former undersecretary at the Economy Ministry, turned himself in at a jail near Naples on Friday before police could arrest him on charges that he had colluded with the local mafia, the Camorra, judicial sources said. He was taken into custody.
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