1.   A judge ruled that the FBI, in an effort to protect informants who helped them prosecute New England mafia figures, hid evidence that would have cleared Salvati.

2.   The agreement made him the highest-ranking American mafia figure to flip sides, said Fred Martens, a former executive director of the now-defunct Pennsylvania Crime Commission.

3.   Thirteen alleged mafia figures have been arrested and charged with organizing a garbage racket, the New York district attorney said Tuesday.

4.   Prosecutors had previously implicated a mafia figure and an accomplice.