by BBC - May 18, 2009
An alleged leader of the powerful Neapolitan-based mafia, the Camorra, has been arrested in southern Spain, Italian prosecutors have said.
Raffaele Amato was detained in a joint operation by Italian and Spanish police in the city of Marbella on Saturday.
Mr Amato is accused of eight murders between 1991 and 1993, and of being "the principal, or one of the principal importers of cocaine into Italy".
He ...
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