Among the 10 defendants are Nicola Mancino, who was interior minister at the time, and Salvatore Riina, once Italy’s most powerful mob boss.
Prosecutors are seeking to shed light on a dark period when organised crime targeted the state with assassinations and bombings.
They allege senior politicians and police, hoping to stem mounting violence, held talks with mob bosses after anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three bodyguards were killed by a Mafia bomb in 1992 .... http://www.liveleak.com
