Italy anti-mafia op nets mayor and aides in south

Police in southern Italy have arrested a town's mayor and five councillors, in a major crackdown on mafia fraud and contract-rigging. Scalea's mayor Pasquale Basile and the five councillors are suspected of granting contracts to firms run by the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23287448#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa