11.   Also named was Leonardo Dias Mendonca, a reputed member of the so-called Surinam Cartel that ran the weapons-for-cocaine trade with FARC.

12.   Among those charged were a former mayor of Torre Annunziata, an ex-town council member, businessmen and reputed Camorra members.

13.   Federal prosecutors announced the overseas arrest Wednesday of a reputed member of the Russian mafia wanted for murder and drug trafficking in Brooklyn.

14.   Many suspects, including reputed Mafia members, have been extradited from Italy under the pledge that U.S. authorities would not seek the death penalty.