Italy arrests mafia suspects after cracking 'sheep code'

2015-08-03 1

Italian police have arrested 11 suspects linked to the fugitive mafia boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra, after cracking a secret sheep-farming code for exchanging messages.

The suspects are close associates of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra fugitive who has been on the run since 1993.