Police on Tuesday staged a huge
operation to arrest 181 suspected Cosa Nostra members in
relation to a probe by investigators in Palermo into the Mafia
syndicate's attempt to rebuild in the area of the Sicilian
capital after a series of clampdowns over recent years landed
thousands of people in jail.
Among other things, the investigation revealed that jailed Mafia
bosses have been able to continue to coordinate criminal
activities, including drug trafficking and meetings of mobsters,
from prison thanks to micro-SIM cards and encrypted mobile
phones illegally smuggled into their cells.
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