Police arrest eight Mafia suspects amid 'crime escalation' in Palermo

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 11 - The Palermo Prosecutor's Office said Thursday that Carabinieri and State police have arrested eight Mafia suspects on its behalf in a bid to "immediately counter the criminal escalation" that started in November in areas of the Sicilian capital controlled by the Tommaso Natale-San Lorenzo clan. It said the latest incident in this upswing in criminal activist was an attack overnight on a depot belonging to Sicily by Car, which is one of Italy's biggest car-rental compan...

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