Seventeen men arrested in Sicily and US in joint anti-mafia operation
Seventeen men have been arrested in Sicily and the United States in a joint anti-mafia operation by the FBI and Italian police.
The arrests come after a two-year investigation targeting members of New York’s notorious Gambino crime family and some of its Sicilian associates based in the province of Palermo. Seven men were arrested in Sicily and 10 in New York.
They stand accused of crimes ranging from mafia and criminal association to extortion, arson and auction rigging, Italian police said in a statement.