1.   Susan Necheles has represented Venero Mangano, an imprisoned mobster known as Benny Eggs.

2.   Italy started getting tough on imprisoned mobsters a decade ago as the state stepped up its war on the Mafia after the killings of two anti-mob prosecutors in Sicily.

3.   Police in this port city arrested the sister of an imprisoned mobster Wednesday, the latest indication that Italian women are taking on bigger roles in organized crime.

4.   Ucciardone was long notorious for corruption that allowed imprisoned mobsters to enjoy special treatment in their cells and to conduct their criminal business from behind bars.