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Naples Mafia Leaders Targeted By U.S Treasury

U.S. Targets Leaders Of Naples Mafia
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Italian policemen escort fugitive mobster Michele Zagaria, center, at the police headquarters in Naples, Southern Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Zagaria, on the run since 1995, was arrested Wednesday when he was found by the Italian Police in an underground bunker in Casapesenna, in his hometown province of Caserta in southern Italy, the headquarters of the Casalesi clan of the Neapolitan Camorra. Anti-mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso said it was likely Zagaria had spent his years as a fugitive nearby since mob bosses "can only exercise their power if they're in an environment that protects them." (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)
Italian policemen escort fugitive mobster Michele Zagaria, center, at the police headquarters in Naples, Southern Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Zagaria, on the run since 1995, was arrested Wednesday when he was found by the Italian Police in an underground bunker in Casapesenna, in his hometown province of Caserta in southern Italy, the headquarters of the Casalesi clan of the Neapolitan Camorra. Anti-mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso said it was likely Zagaria had spent his years as a fugitive nearby since mob bosses "can only exercise their power if they're in an environment that protects them." (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday took steps to freeze the U.S. assets of five key members of the Italian-based Camorra, also known as the Naples Mafia, and one of Europe's largest criminal groups involved in kidnapping, money laundering and extortion.

Americans and U.S. businesses are prohibited from doing business with the five blacklisted Camorra members, three of whom are serving life sentences for murder and conspiracy, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement on its website.

Treasury said the Camorra members on the blacklist included Mario Caterino, Giuseppe Dell'Aquila, Paolo di Mauro, Antonio Iovine and Michele Zagaria.

The Treasury would not comment on the amount of assets the group's members have under U.S. jurisdiction, but it said in the statement that today's action would help "cast an even larger net to expose their financial facilitators and associates, wherever they may operate." (Reporting By Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

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