Italy to tighten control of confiscated Mafia assets

Italy will soon establish a new agency in the south of the country to better handle confiscated Mafia assets in a bid to intensify the fight against the Mafia, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said on Tuesday. The agency will be the core-part of a strategic anti-Mafia plan to be unveiled by the government when it convenes in the southern town of Reggio Calabria on Jan. 28, Ansa news service ...