By VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Associated Press

ROME (AP) — A woman who dares to cooperate with police in the fight against a dreaded Italian mob network is kidnapped in a van and then murdered, her body dumped in a barrel of acid in the countryside near Milan. Her 17-year-old daughter steps forward and testifies, helping to send six  people to prison for life

The lurid 2009 murder and the court verdict delivered in April gave a rare peek into Italy’s secretive witness protection program, which marked its 20th anniversary this year and is considered Italy’s single most important window into the secretive world of orgnized crime. Hundreds of mobsters have been given new identities in exchange for information that helped put longtime fugitive leaders behind bars, including the “boss of bosses” Salvatore Riina. Read The Rest here on  Yahoo news