Salvatore Lo Piccolo
latest news & developmentsMafia man too fat for jail released to house arrest
A court in Sicily has ruled that an accused Mafioso can be put under house arrest because he is too fat for any Italian jail. Salvatore Ferranti, who weighs 210kg, was allowed to…
Raids net 38 as Sicily police aim to stamp out the mafia
Cosa Nostra was on Tuesday reeling from the latest in a succession of blows after the arrest of dozens of reputed mafiosi in the Sicilian city of Catania. They included the son…
Mafia boss arrested while watching Mafia TV show
Italian police burst into the room of a suspected Mafia mobster in Sicily and arrested him as he watched a television show about the arrest of a Mafia boss, investigators said on…