Italy: Mafia boss appears in court amid tight security

Italy: Mafia boss appears in court amid tight security (AKI) - The Sicilian mafia's alleged second-in-command, Giovanni Nicchi, appeared in court in Palermo for the first time on Friday since his highly publicised arrest last week. Nicchi appeared at an appeals court where hearings are taking place in two trials in which he was sentenced in absentia to a total 18 years in jail for extortion and ...