Rome, Muharram 26, 1436, Nov 19, 2014, SPA -- Italian police Wednesday arrested a businessman accused of acting as a front for Matteo Messina Denaro, the country's most wanted fugitive and alleged chief of the Sicilian Mafia, Cosa Nostra, dpa reported. Girolamo Bellomo, 37, who is married to Messina Denaro's niece, was arrested in Palermo. Prosecutors said they suspect he was at the head of a criminal gang that engaged in activities such as robberies and extortion, raising money to fund Messina Denaro's life on the run, and also looked after his business interests. The other 15 members of the gang were arrested in Castelvetrano, a town about 100 kilometers south-west of Palermo where Messina Denaro was born 52 years ago. -- SPA 20:31 LOCAL TIME 17:31 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w