Swiss prosecutor and ‘mafia hunter’ Dick Marty dies aged 78

Former Swiss senator and prosecutor Dick Marty died on Thursday aged 78, his party confirmed.

Marty was born in the southern Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, where he served as deputy public prosecutor, then public prosecutor from 1975-1989. He was a member of the Ticino cantonal government from 1989 to 1995. …