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Seventeen men arrested in Sicily and US in joint anti-mafia operation

Arrests come after two-year investigation targeting members of New York’s Gambino family and some Sicilian associates

The Guardian - US

Notorious Italian Mafia boss who boasted his victims could ‘fill a cemetery’ is buried at private funeral

Matteo Messina Denaro died in custody this week after 30 years on the run

The Independent UK

A Mafia boss on the run for decades dies in hospital months after his capture

Matteo Messina Denaro died on Monday in a hospital prison ward several months after being captured following decades on the run, Italian state radio said.

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On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Italian state radio says that Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, has died in a hospital prison ward, months after being captured

The Independent UK

Notorious Sicilian mafia boss dubbed ‘last godfather’ dies in custody after 30 years on run

Matteo Denaro believed to have ordered dozens of murders and was even accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old

The Independent UK

Mafia boss dubbed ‘The last Godfather’ dies in Sicily hospital after 30 years on the run

A Sicilian mafia boss dubbed ‘the last Godfather’ by the Italian press has died in hospital at the age of 61.

Evening Standard

Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness

Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital

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Italy police seize drug haul decorated with Mafia mugshots

Italian police have discovered a haul of illegal drugs in packaging decorated with pictures of the faces of fearsome bosses from the Sicilian Mafia.

Reuters

Sister of Sicilian mafia’s ‘last godfather’ arrested over secret notes

Matteo Messina Denaro’s hand-typed instructions found hidden in sofa at home of his sister Rosalia, say police

The Guardian - UK

Italy asks France to extradite fugitive Italian mafia killer

Italy has asked France to hand over a convicted killer believed to belong to one of Italy's most powerful mafia organisations. Edgardo Greco was arrested in France a month ago after 16 years on the run.

Radio France Internationale

France arrests fugitive Italian mafia killer found posing as pizza chef

A convicted Italian killer, believed to belong to one of Italy's most powerful mafia organisations, was arrested in France on Thursday after 16 years on the run, according to international police agency Interpol.

Radio France Internationale

Mafia killer on run for 17 years captured working in Pizzeria in France

Edgardo Greco was ‘hiding in plain sight’ with an assumed name in a French city

Evening Standard

Italian mob suspect held in France after 16 years on the run

Interpol says police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ’ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years

The Independent UK

‘Like being on a rollercoaster’: the man who caught Sicily’s last mafia boss

Lt Lucio Arcidiacono, who tracked Matteo Messina Denaro for eight years, speaks to the Guardian

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Daily Mirror

Former girlfriend of Mafia boss quizzed by police 'for helping him' as love letters found

Maria Mesi was jailed in the 1990s for sheltering Matteo Messina Denaro at her flat in Bagheria, Sicily. Letters found by police showed her love for the Mafia boss. She is now under investigation

The Conversation

Modern mafia: Italy's organised crime machine has changed beyond recognition in 30 years

The arrest of Matteo Messina Denaro, one of Sicily’s most infamous mafia bosses, has reminded many Italians of the extreme violence he was associated with when operating as a leading figure of Cosa Nostra.

Reuters

Godfather, Joker posters found in mafia boss Messina Denaro's home

Posters of Al Pacino as the Godfather and Joaquin Phoenix as Joker were found in an apartment in western Sicily where mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is believed to have lived in the months prior to his arrest, police footage showed on Friday.

Reuters

Strong clan loyalty, locals, helped mafia boss Messina Denaro stay hidden

When Salvatore Catalano discovered that mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had lived just a short walk from his house in the western Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara, he felt sick.

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How a culture of fear and a Sicilian Mafia whisper network helped Italian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro elude capture

The playboy Mafioso was famous for his flashy car, his designer clothes and his brutal streak. But to elude police for 30 years, Matteo Messina Denaro had to hide in plain sight.

The Guardian - UK

Police arrest Sicilian whose identity was used by fugitive mafia boss

Andrea Bonafede, 59, is accused of enabling Matteo Messina Denaro to live quiet life in Trapani province

Evening Standard

Mafia power vacuum: Matteo Messina Denaro and the ‘broken’ Cosa Nostra

The arrest of Denaro in Sicily has made headlines around the world — but how big a blow is it to the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia organisation? The experts say it is already well past its glory days...

The Independent UK

Italian police arrest man whose ID helped fugitive mobster

Italian police in Sicily say they have arrested the man whose identity was allegedly used by a convicted Mafia boss who was Italy's No. 1 fugitive for 30 years

The Guardian - UK

Hiding in plain sight: how Sicily’s mafia godfather eluded capture for 30 years

Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested this week after three decades on the run. During that time he went out for pizza, watched football, and even took selfies with a doctor

Daily Mirror

World's most infamous fugitives on the run for YEARS just like Mafia boss Messina Denaro

Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in Sicily on Monday after 30 years on the run. The mafia boss is not the only notorious criminal who managed to evade authorities for decades

The Guardian - UK

‘Heads in the sand’: code of silence in Sicilian town that sheltered mafia boss

Authorities suspect omerta may have helped Matteo Messina Denaro live in freedom among 10,000 people

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