Italy arrests 95 in mafia dragnet, solves century-old murder


  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Jun 2014

PALERMO Italy (Reuters) - Italian police targeting historic mafia families arrested 95 people on Monday for extortion, drug trafficking and money laundering, and in the process they may also have solved the century-old mob murder of a New York detective.

After two years of investigations, the arrests went after members of two mafia groups that have long operated in the western part of Palermo, the island's capital and largest city, court documents showed.

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