December 24, 2006 -- Italian police today reportedly arrested the Italian contact of poisoned former Russian security agent Aleksandr Litvinenko.
Italian news reports say that Mario Scaramella was detained at Naples airport as he returned from London.
Rome prosecutors have been investigating him for arms trafficking and violating state secrets.
Scaramella met with Litvinenko in London the day the Russian fell ill. Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning last month.
(AP, Reuters)