Mafia not beaten says Grasso (4)

(ANSA) - Rome, February 21 - The Sicilian Mafia is not beaten, former national anti-mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso said Wednesday. Grasso, now leader of the leftwing Free and Equal (LeU) party, said "the mafia is not only history. "The mass-killing mafia of (the late Bernardo) Provenzano and (the late Totò) Riina may have been defeated thanks to police and prosecutors but Riina's recent death must constitute a reason for particular attention on the possibility of Cosa Nostra's strategic and decision-making central command structure being rebuilt".
    He said "criminal organisations of a Mafia type still today make their presence felt".
    Grasso was speaking at the presentation of the final report of the parliamentary anti-mafia commission.
    In the report, commission chair Rosy Bindi said Riina's death had strengthened the mafia, which was actively reorganising and seeking a new boss of bosses.
    She also said no part of northern Italy was "immune" from mafia penetration, and that the mafia played a big role in managing migrant arrivals.