05-12-2017 17:22 via theguardian.com

Italy arrests 'the Mistress', suspected mastermind of mafia reshuffle

Police say Mariangela Di Trapani led efforts to relaunch Cosa Nostra A female mobster suspected of being the mastermind behind a reshuffle of the Sicilian mafia after a series of high profile arrests has been taken into custody, Italian police have said.Mariangela Di Trapani, 49, was arrested on charges of having managed the business of the Resuttana family, one of the most important Cosa Nostra clans in Sicily. The other bosses called her La Padrona, or the Mistress. Related: 'He killed all his
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