11.   They reportedly defrauded Bally and siphoned off profits for mob figures.

12.   They said that despite a handful of arrests in a medical-fraud investigation in New Jersey last year, no major mob figures had been seized so far.

13.   Authorities carried out dawn raids in a half dozen cities, picking up top mob figures, a former member of parliament and several police officers.

14.   Brusca was the latest mob figure to say that Mafia bosses bragged that they could count on Andreotti, a Christian Democrat, for favors in Rome.

15.   But The Star-Ledger cited unidentified sources in reporting Caprio had implicated two mob figures in that killing.

16.   Earlier this week he lost a bid in France to block publication of a biography which alleges links between him and shady politicians, mob figures and mercenaries.

17.   Earlier this week he lost a bid in France to block publication of a biography which alleges links between him and some politicians and mob figures.

18.   Federal prosecutors here are planning a trip to Italy for reputed mob figures and their defense lawyers to interview a reluctant witness.

19.   He admitted mob-related killings and his testimony led to the jailings of other mob figures.

20.   Nine people described as important mob figures were arrested Tuesday in a dawn anti-Mafia sweep in the Palermo area.