Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Alleged Italian mafioso arrested in Miami Beach

The Miami Herald reports:
An Italian man who allegedly served in a key supporting role for a Sicilian mafia family's criminal expansion into the United States was arrested at his Miami Beach home Wednesday morning on federal money laundering and other charges.

The FBI's arrest of Roberto Settineri capped a three-year international investigation into his alleged criminal enterprises with the Cosa Nostra in Italy, the Gambino crime family in New York and three other suspects in South Florida, federal authorities said.