ROME — Italy’s justice minister has given special permission to the family of a Mafia boss who is in a coma to visit his bedside. Justice Minister Andrea Orlando on Thursday authorized relatives of Salvatore “Toto” Riina to go see him at a hospital in the northern city of Parma. Ministry officials say Riina, who turned 87 on Thursday, is in a medically induced coma. Riina is serving 26 life sentences for murder convictions as a powerful Cosa Nostra boss. He has been imprisoned under a law that requires strict security measures for top mobsters, including limits on family visits.

Source: National Post November 16, 2017 19:30 UTC