Wanted Italian Mafia members nabbed by Katowice police in Czestochowa

Arrest warrants had been sent out after three of them, including 61 year-old Ciro C., who was pursued by Interpol for killing a mafia boss in Napoli in the summer of 1997. Two others fled Italy for Poland in the fall of 1998. They are charged with drug and arms dealing. There was no arrest warrant for the fourth member and he was deported to Italy. The police believe they intended to run Italian gangs from Poland. The Katowice police organized crime department has been preparing the operation for several months in cooperation with Italian police. After the police found out the mobsters would meet at a house in Czestochowa on Friday night, an anti-terrorist squad organized a raid and arrested them without encountering much resistance. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 4)