Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Italy arrests Litvinenko confidant

Italian police arrested Mario Scaramella on arms trafficking charges Sunday, according to a Reuters report published in the New York Post. Scaramella was one of the last people known to be with recently murdered ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

Scaramella was arrested as he arrived at the Naples airport from London, where he had undergone treatment for suspected exposure to the same radioactive substance - Polonium-210 - that killed Litvinenko last month.

British and Russian law enforcement agencies are conducting murder investigations into Litvinenko's death.

See also:
Writer links Litvinenko death to Mafiya and U.S. 12-19-2006

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