In Italy, where the market was also rocked by the assassination of an anti-Mafia prosecutor, the Milan bourse index was in a free fall, dropping 5.8 percent.

In March 2006, the national anti-Mafia prosecutor announced the discovery of a narco submarine in Colombia, allegedly being constructed on behalf of the 'Ndrangheta for smuggling cocaine.

According to the wording of the amendment, Caselli could no longer be appointed national anti-Mafia prosecutor for exceeding the age limit.

Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor has unexpectedly quit his post, joining a protest by Sicilian law enforcement officials who have accused the Government of hindering their efforts to fight organized crime.

In the four years since Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor was killed by a bomb, his successors have kept the Sicilian Mafia on the run.

He said that the office of the investigating magistrates in Palermo, Sicily, was in disarray and that a team of specialized anti-Mafia prosecutors was no longer working.

Determined to avenge the murders, she decides to break the code of silence and goes to an anti-Mafia prosecutor in Palermo with her detailed diaries to be used as evidence.

The Sicilian Mafia has taken a fancy to Semtex, using it to kill enemies, including an anti-Mafia prosecutor, Paolo Borsellino.

A4 Italy's top anti-Mafia prosecutor quit over what he considered obstructions by the Government in the fight against organized crime.

"For those of us who have lived it, the emergency is not over," complained Rita Borsellino, a pharmacist whose brother, a prominent anti-Mafia prosecutor, was killed by a car bomb in 1992.