Article: Italian anti-Mafia official: Cosa Nostra's ruling 'cupola' no longer exists

The Cosa Nostra's notorious "Cupola," or ruling commission of mob bosses, doesn't exist anymore, Italy's No. 1 anti-Mafia official said Tuesday in assessing the latest arrest of a top Mafioso.

"The 'Cupola' doesn't exist any more. It has been demolished," national anti-Mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso told reporters in Rome.

Grasso also gave more details on Monday's raid on a fugitive mob boss's hideout in the Sicilian countryside.

Arrested Monday was Salvatore Lo Piccolo, one of two convicted mobsters who investigators believed had been vying for control of the Cosa Nostra's extortion rackets, drug trafficking, loan-sharking and other illegal ...

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