Eight mafia suspects held in Italy and New York
(AGI) Rome, Dec 11 - A police operation in Milan, Matera,Trapani and New York, led to the arrest of eight suspects onthe orders of the Potenza investigating magistrate at therequest of the anti-mafia prosecutor. All the suspects areaccused of transnational criminal association to commitextortion, aggravated by mafia-style methods. The operationconcluded a complex investigation, coordinated by theAnti-Mafia District Prosecutors of Potenza, and conducted byofficers of the Central Operation Service of the State Policeand the Matera flying squad. The investigations, which beganover a year ago, were performed on the sidelines of an