Italy's Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily

By  India Blooms News Service   Jan 16, 2023

Sicily: Italys most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was 30 years on the run, has been arrested in Sicily, media reports said on Monday.

Denaro, who is allegedly the boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia, was reportedly detained from a private clinic in Sicilys capital Palermo.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni praised the arrest of the mafia as a great victory for the State.

My warmest thanks and those of the entire government go to the police forces, in particular to the Carabinieri Ros section, the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutors Office, and the Palermo Prosecutors Office, for the capture of the most significant figure in the mafia, she was quoted as saying by ANSA.

More than 100 members of the armed forces were reportedly involved in the arrest.

Messina Denaro was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in 2002 over numerous murders, reports BBC.