Police arrest 181 in massive Cosa Nostra operation Blow to Mafia's attempts to rebuild
Police on Tuesday staged a huge operation to arrest 181 suspected Cosa Nostra members in relation to a probe by investigators in Palermo into the Mafia syndicate's attempt to rebuild in the area of the Sicilian capital after a series of clampdowns over recent years landed thousands of people in jail. Among other things, the investigation revealed that jailed Mafia bosses have been able to continue to coordinate criminal activities, including drug trafficking and meetings of mobsters, from prison thanks to micro-SIM cards and encrypted mobile phones illegally smuggled into their cells.
