Reports: Italian police make 94 arrests in anti-Mafia sweep, seize millions in assets
Reports: Italian police arrest 94 Mafia suspects
ROME — News reports say three separate anti-Mafia sweeps across southern Italy have netted some 100 detentions and euro240 million ($360 million) in seized assets.
The ANSA and Apcom news agencies say the most significant police raids occurred in Bari, where an entire mob clan was dismantled, with arrest warrants issued against 83 people and euro220 million ($330,000 million) in assets seized.
ANSA says businesses, land, vehicles, racing horses and a London-based online bookmaker identified as Paradisebet Ltd. were seized from the Parisi clan.
In Sicily, police issued arrest warrants against 11 people accused of helping longtime Cosa Nostra fugitive Salvatore Provenzano, who was arrested in 2006.
And in Naples, reports say police seized euro20 million ($30 million) in assets from a Camorra crime clan.

