Arrested two leaders of the Sicilian Mafia

On Saturday, police detained two leaders of the Italian mafia, who are second and third most important members of the Sicilian crime group, reports the agency Agence France-Presse.

28-year-old Nichchi Gianni (Gianni Nicchi) was discovered in the apartment, located a few hundred meters from the main court of Palermo in Sicily. “Man Number Three” in the Mafia 74-year-old Fidantsati Gaetano (Gaetano Fidanzati) was detained on the street in Milan in the north.

On the details of the arrest of members of the mafia told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. “This is the best answer to all the slander, which is utter irresponsible people throwing mud in Italy,” – said Mr Berlusconi told reporters. In turn, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said that if the authorities will continue in the same spirit, the names in the list of 30 most wanted criminals in Italy soon he will not.

The accusations against Berlusconi and Senator Marcelo del wipe your heard on Friday at a hearing on the appeal against the sentence last. Told the court Gaspare Spatutstsa (Gaspare Spatuzza), sentenced to life sentence for murder, on the assistance of the politicians him in 1993, said the leader of the Sicilian Mafia, Giuseppe Graviano.

Recall del wipe your was sentenced in 2005 to nine years in prison for “a specific and very significant” economic and political assistance to the Sicilian Mafia.