The Mafia boss of Corleone, the Sicilian town made famous in "The Godfather," was arrested Friday, authorities said.
Prosecutors said Gaetano Riina, 79, was caught in Mazara
del Vallo, a port on Sicily's west coast, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported.
His brother Salvatore "Toto" Riina, once
the supreme Cosa Nostra boss in Sicily, was arrested in 1993 and sentenced to
life on multiple murder convictions.
Three associates were captured with Gaetano Riina,
including two of his grandsons, Alessandro Correnti, 39, and Giuseppe Grizzafi,
33. All four will be charged with extortion and criminal association,
prosecutors said.
A fictionalized mob dynasty named after Corleone was the
subject of Mario Puzo's "Godfather" novel and Francis Ford Coppola's
films.
"This operation shows that Corleone is still an
important base for Cosa Nostra," said Francesco Messineo, a chief
prosecutor in Palermo.
"The Mafia's resistance to operations conducted by
the state has been particularly strong in Corleone. But the Corleone of today
is not the same town as five or 10 years ago; civil society has taken enormous
steps forward."
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