Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ arrested

Rome – Italian police have arrested the new head of the Sicilian Mafia and 45 other alleged mobsters in a powerful blow to organised crime on the Mediterranean island, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi di Maio said yesterday.

“The arrests ... represent one of the biggest blows inflicted on the Mafia. [Settimo] Mineo had been elected ‘heir’ of [previous ‘boss of bosses’] Toto Riina... There is no more room for this type of scum in Italy,” he wrote on Instagram.