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Matteo Messina Denaro: Mafia boss bunker found ‘at back of wardrobe’ by Italian police in Sicily

‘The last godfather’ was arrested this week following 30 years on the run, after being found guilty of a series of murders

Evening Standard

Factbox-Matteo Messina Denaro: what's next for the Italian mafia after boss's arrest?

Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal Sicilian Mafia boss who was Italy's most wanted criminal before his capture last week, had been on the run for 30 years. Here are some key facts about his arrest and what it means:

Reuters

Italian police find suspected ‘secret bunker’ of captured mafia boss

‘Last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested after 30 years on run

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Mafia boss Messina Denaro held in top security Italian prison

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was being held on Wednesday in a high-security jail in central Italy, subject to special restrictions applied to the country's most dangerous prisoners.

Reuters

Fugitive's arrest like a 'quake,' but Mafia very resilient

Prosecutors are likening the arrest of a Mafia boss who was Italy's No. 1 fugitive to an “earthquake” rocking the Sicily-based crime syndicate

The Independent UK

Matteo Messina Denaro: arrest of mafia boss after 30 years on the run is the end of an era – but not the end of the Cosa Nostra

Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the leaders of the Sicilian mafia, the Cosa Nostra, has finally been detained after 30 years on the run. His arrest came as around 100 police officers surrounded the private Maddalena clinic in Palermo where they had discovered he was receiving treatment.

The Conversation

Brother of boy, 12, dissolved in acid by Mafia boss speaks out after his capture

Nicola Di Matteo's brother Giuseppe, 12, was kidnapped and killed in 1993 under the orders of Matteo Messina Denaro in an attempt to blackmail his father into not giving evidence against the mafia

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Evil Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro's lair filled with designer clothes and perfumes

Matteo Messina Denaro, the last 'godfather' of Cosa Nostra, was arrested yesterday in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run. At the home where he spent his final months, officers found perfumes and designer clothes

Daily Mirror

Ruthless Italian Mafia boss caught after 30 years. Who is Matteo Messina Denaro?

Notorious accused Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested at a medical clinic in Sicily on Monday while he was undergoing treatment under an alias, Italian police said.

Tribune News Service

Matteo Messina Denaro: The last ‘godfather’ of the Cosa Nostra arrested after 30 years on the run

The notorious mafia boss – implicated by prosecutors in dozens of murders – is said to see himself as a philosopher and folk hero

The Independent UK

Who is Matteo Messina Denaro? The notorious mafia boss captured in Sicily after 30 years on the run

The notorious mafia don is arrested at a health facility.

Evening Standard

Life of Mafia boss who boasted he killed so many people he 'filled cemetery by himself'

Messina Denaro was captured at a clinic in Palermo, Italy, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, the head of the police force's special operations squad confirmed

Daily Mirror

Italy Arrests Sicilian Mafia Boss Matteo Messina Denaro

Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Italian paramilitary police said. Messina Denaro was captured at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, said Carabinieri…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wanted Italian Mafia boss finally arrested after three decades on the run

The Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia's don Matteo Messina Denaro is believed to be responsible for dozens of murders.

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The Independent UK

Italy arrests Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro

Italian paramilitary police say they have arrested convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in a private clinic in Palermo

Wales Online

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro who was Italy's top fugitive arrested after 30 years on the run

He will considered to be Sicily's top Cosa Nostra boss even while he was being hunted

Daily Mirror

Wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested after 30 years on the run

The Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia's don Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested today while being prepared to "undergo therapy", according to the Ros Carabinieri

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‘More Than Table-Slamming’: The Softer Side of the Bills Mafia

In Buffalo, Zubaz’ed and snowsuited fans rally behind an epic blizzard, a neighbor’s cancer, a fallen player. The Bills Mafia has grown much bigger than anything you ever thought it was.

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God not Mafia's side, Sicilian archbishop says after trial

An Italian judge has handed down jail sentences totalling 80 years to 39 people for diverting a Good Friday religious procession to the house of a Mafia family and paying homage to an imprisoned crime boss.

The Independent UK

Ex-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme dies in prison at 89

Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in federal custody at the age of 89

Daily Mirror

James Argent 'charmed his 18-year-old girlfriend with mafia movie marathons'

Towie star James Argent has lifted the lid on his relationship with girlfriend Stella Turian after the pair met in the summer at a wedding, and things have certainly been soaring since

Daily Mirror

Ronnie Kray met Mafia boss who fed victims to pet tigers on US trip to join forces

Kray twin Ronnie went to Las Vegas in the late 1960s to join forces with the Mafia and was shown a basement where there was a huge metal cage with tigers in it - and blood on the floor...

AAP

Chipper murder accused evoked dead mum

The prosecutor in a murder trial has adopted a line from Oscar Wilde: "To lose one friend through a woodchipper is unfortunate, to lose two is incredible".

WEKU

Malta marks 5 years since the killing of a top investigative journalist

Daphne Caruana Galizia, who investigated corruption in Malta, was killed by a car bomb in 2017. Residents joined her relatives at a march and vigil. It coincides with a trial of the alleged hitmen.

Daily Mirror

'I married an ex-Mafia princess - she even ran family business when her dad was jailed'

Jim Boggis and his wife Marisa celebrated their marriage at a Georgian country house in Lancashire last weekend... and even danced a tarantella, the Italian folk jig beloved of the Mafia

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