She made her comments on the anniversary of the arrest of the town's brutal mafia boss, Toto Riina.

BBC: File image of the town of Corleone

Appeal court judges rejected a testimony from one Mafia turncoat who said he had seen Mr Andreotti kiss the now imprisoned Mafia "boss of bosses" Toto Riina.

BBC: Andreotti escapes conviction

In 1995, Mafia superboss Salvatore "Toto" Riina and 47 other suspected members of the crime organization went on trial on charges of complicity in 48 murders in Sicily.

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Riina, known as The Beast, is currently serving multiple life-sentences after leading the Corleonesi faction of the criminal network to the top of the Sicilian mafia and waging a ruthless campaign of violence against rival mobsters and the Italian state in the 1980s and early 1990s.

BBC: File image of the town of Corleone