Italian police arrest 14 people with U.S. mafia links

Italian police have arrested 14 people in Palermo in an anti-mafia operation, local media reported Friday.

The operation uncovered close ties between local Cosa Nostra families and the Mafia in the United States.

The 14 included businessmen, extortionists and municipal employees, most of them face charges of criminal conspiracy, extortion and public contract rigging, the report said.