Naples police arrest ‘Mafia godmother’

26/06/12 20:23 CET

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Police in Naples have arrested a woman accused of being a Mafia godmother.

Rafaella D’Alterio, 46, allegedly took over the reins of a Camorra clan when her husband was fatally gunned down six years ago.

She is accused of heading up a gang that runs a number of drug cartels in the Italian port city.

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