Mafia boss 'was just a clerk'

Tuesday 26 January 1993 00:02 GMT

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ROME (Reuter) - The reputed 'boss of bosses' of the Mafia says he was just a simple bookkeeper in a shipyard, the Italian AGI news agency reported.

Salvatore 'Toto' Riina, arrested after 23 years on the run, told magistrates he had drawn a weekly wage from the shipyard to support his family for the past 20 years. He refused to name his employer, AGI said.

Mr Riina, who was captured in Palermo last week, is accused of ordering hundreds of murders as head of the Mafia's cupola, or board of directors.

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