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Updated on 05 November 2007

Source PA News

Police in Italy were celebrating the arrest of a key Mafia leader tipped to become the syndicate's next "boss of bosses".

Salvatore Lo Piccolo, convicted of murder and on the run since 1998, was caught in a morning raid near Sicily's capital Palermo.

Lo Piccolo's son Sandro, another top mob figure, and two men accused of being local bosses also were arrested.

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