Italy's Reputed No. 1 Mafia Boss Arrested

The AP reports:

Italy's reputed No. 1 Mafia boss was arrested Tuesday at a farmhouse in the Sicilian countryside after frustrating investigators' efforts to catch him during more than 40 years on the run, the Interior Ministry said.

Bernardo Provenzano, Italy's most wanted man, is believed to have taken over the Sicilian Mafia after the 1993 arrest of former boss Salvatore "Toto" Riina in Palermo.

Palermo police spokesman, Agent Daniele Macaluso, said Provenzano had been arrested during the morning near Corleone, the Sicilian town made famous in the "Godfather" movies. He was being driven back to Palermo, 37 miles north of Corleone.

Interior Ministry Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano described Provenzano as "the most important person from Cosa Nostra" after Riina.

Heh.