Italy prosecutor wants mobsters, politicians to face trial over mafia talks


ROME (Reuters) - An Italian prosecutor on Thursday requested trial for 11 people, including mob bosses as well as police officers and politicians, accused of holding secret negotiations to stop a wave of deadly mafia bombings in the 1990s.

Palermo prosecutor Antonino Di Matteo said senior politicians held talks with four Sicilian mafia bosses to try to end a string of bombings across Italy in 1992-1993 that killed 21 people, including judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.

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