Italian police arrested the suspected new head of the Sicilian mafia and 45 other alleged gangsters today (December 4, 2018), dealing a major blow to the mob as it tried to rebuild after years of setbacks, according to the Reuters website.
Settimo Mineo, an 80-year-old jeweler with a previous mafia conviction, was elected to take the helm of the crime group Cosa Nostra (or "Our Thing"), at a secret meeting of mob families from in and around the Sicilian capital of Palermo in May.
It was the first such gathering of the powerful Palermo clans since their previous leader, Salvatore "Toto" Riina, was arrested in 1993 and convicted of ordering dozens of murders.
Riina died in prison last year while serving 26 life sentences. Italian media have long speculated over who might have replaced him, but prosecutors said today that the Palermo mobsters waited until after his death to select a successor.
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