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| Italy arrests senior mafia boss | Italy arrests senior mafia boss |
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| Italian police have arrested the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia. | Italian police have arrested the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia. |
| Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who had been on the run for 20 years, was apprehended along with his son and two other men near the Sicilian capital, Palermo. | Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who had been on the run for 20 years, was apprehended along with his son and two other men near the Sicilian capital, Palermo. |
| All four men were among Italy's top 30 most wanted mafia suspects, police said. | All four men were among Italy's top 30 most wanted mafia suspects, police said. |
| Mr Lo Piccolo, 65, is believed to have succeeded the Cosa Nostra mafia's "boss of bosses", Bernardo Provenzano, after he was arrested last year. | |
| Provenzano had been on the run for more than 40 years. | Provenzano had been on the run for more than 40 years. |