1.   A state grand jury in Manhattan is reviewing evidence, including secretly recorded conversations between suspected mobsters and union and company officials, the authorities said.

2.   But before the arrests were ordered, investigators had set about reviewing the bank accounts of the suspected mobsters.

3.   But, he said, the rule would unfairly penalize carters whose relatives might be linked to the Mafia or who had casual acquaintanceships with suspected mobsters.

4.   The information also indicated that he had revealed the name of an informer, who was later killed, and socialized with suspected mobsters.

5.   The undercover detective secretly taped meetings with suspected mobsters and carters accused of being cartel members.

6.   A shootout between mobsters and police in southern Italy left three suspected mobsters and an elderly bystander dead Saturday, police said.

7.   About a dozen suspected Russian mobsters were arrested Monday as they met in a ski resort in northern Italy, police said.

8.   In a major blow to the Sicilian Mafia, police arrested scores of suspected mobsters on Friday, including the sister of a top boss.

9.   Italian authorities on Tuesday arrested seven suspected mobsters who allegedly ran criminal operations for a clan headed by Mafia turncoat Baldassare Di Maggio.

10.   On Thursday, the Interior Ministry reported a bomb blast killed a suspected mobster in a village in northern Bulgaria, destroying his two-storey house.