Carabinieri police in the
Sicilian province of Messina on Thursday arrested a 44-year-old
man who is suspected of defrauding the parents of young man
slain by the Mafia of at least 200,000 euros.
The son is thought to have been killed in a "lupara bianca"
case, meaning a Mafia killing in which the body is never found.
A lupara is a type of sawn-off shotgun favoured by the
Sicilian mafia.
The suspect of accused of defrauding the couple of their
savings, leaving them penniless, by telling him their son was
still alive, but was in hiding because the Mafia wanted to kill
him and was in need of medical care.
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