Italy's infamous mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested: His life reminds of a crime novel| Top 5
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy's infamous mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested: His life reminds of a crime novel| Top 5

Hindustan Times  

Matteo Messina Denaro, one of Italy's most wanted mafia bosses, was arrested by the armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday where he undergoing treatment. Denaro - who was reported to be on run for nearly three decades- has been convicted of dozens of murders, including helping to plan, with other Cosa Nostra bosses, a pair of bombings that killed top anti-Mafia prosecutors and prompted the Italian government to tighten its grip on the Sicilian crime syndicate. A handout photo shows Matteo Messina Denaro Italy's most wanted mafia boss after he was arrested in Palermo, Italy. Here are five points on mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro: 1) Denaro was born in the southwestern Sicilian town of Castelvetrano in 1962, the son of a mafioso.

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Sicilian businessman receives horse’s head as Godfather-style mafia warning
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sicilian businessman receives horse’s head as Godfather-style mafia warning

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A severed horse’s head was …

Venice film questions Sicily’s mafia boss on the run
4 months ago

Venice film questions Sicily’s mafia boss on the run

The Hindu  

The mafia makes its presence felt at the Venice Film Festival this year, with a film inspired by boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who died last year after three decades on the lam. That long period as a fugitive — aided by family, loyalists and likely even more powerful political forces — is “a black page in the history of Italy”, …

More than 200 convicted in Italy’s maxi-trial involving the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate
1 year, 1 month ago

More than 200 convicted in Italy’s maxi-trial involving the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate

Associated Press  

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy — An Italian tribunal on Monday convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups. The organization also has bases in North and South America and is active in Africa, …

The brutal life and graveyard-filling crimes of ‘the last godfather’
1 year, 3 months ago

The brutal life and graveyard-filling crimes of ‘the last godfather’

The Independent  

Italians think hard about what they want on their graves. open image in gallery A police mugshot of Denaro His father, Francesco ‘Ciccio’ Messina Denaro had formed an alliance with Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina, a capo who was trying to move the mafia from its stronghold of Corleone, south of Palermo. open image in gallery Police surround the hearse carrying Messina …

Matteo Messina Denaro: Notorious Sicilian mafia boss dubbed the ‘last godfather’ dies in custody after 30 years on run
1 year, 3 months ago

Matteo Messina Denaro: Notorious Sicilian mafia boss dubbed the ‘last godfather’ dies in custody after 30 years on run

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Matteo Messina Denaro was known as the last “godfather” …

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture
1 year, 3 months ago

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

Associated Press  

L’AQUILA, Italy — Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after …

Mafia boss who eluded authorities for decades dies in hospital months after capture
1 year, 3 months ago

Mafia boss who eluded authorities for decades dies in hospital months after capture

LA Times  

Matteo Messina Denaro, the mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died Monday in an Italian hospital. Matteo Messina Denaro, the convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died Monday in a hospital ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. Top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro sits in a car with …

Mafia killer who dissolved bodies in acid caught, was working as pizza chef
1 year, 11 months ago

Mafia killer who dissolved bodies in acid caught, was working as pizza chef

Hindustan Times  

A convicted murderer with ties to one of Italy's most notorious mafia organisations was caught and arrested Thursday in France, where he was working as a pizza chef. The International Criminal Police Organisation, or Interpol, said Edgardo Greco, 63, was on the run for over 16 years and was finally apprehended from Saint-Etienne in the French Alps area. Greco is …

Italian mafia boss worked as pizza chef in France evading arrest for 16 years
1 year, 11 months ago

Italian mafia boss worked as pizza chef in France evading arrest for 16 years

India Today  

Caffe Rossini, an Italian restaurant in France's Saint-Etienne served hot pizzas and at the centre of it was pizza chef Paolo Dimitrio. But the chef who served thin-crust pizzas with a sauce, mozzarella cheese and toppings turned out to be a mafia boss convicted of murder in Italy. READ | Italy’s most wanted mafia boss arrested after 30 years on …

Revealed: How Italy’s most-wanted fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro was captured
1 year, 11 months ago

Revealed: How Italy’s most-wanted fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro was captured

Firstpost  

Rome: Betrayed by his cancer, Italy’s most wanted fugitive, Sicilian mobster Matteo Messina Denaro, has been caught after 30 years on the run. National database Investigators knew Messina Denaro would be going under a false identity, but they used a national health system database to search for male patients of the right age and medical history. AFP The man had …

Fugitive’s arrest like a ‘quake,’ but Mafia very resilient
1 year, 11 months ago

Fugitive’s arrest like a ‘quake,’ but Mafia very resilient

Associated Press  

ROME — Matteo Messina Denaro’s long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he’d boast of enough murders to fill a cemetery — greatly burnished his credentials among his peers as a major boss in the Sicilian Mafia. “After Riina there was never an absolute boss,’' said Rome Chief Prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi, who took up his post last …

Italy's most wanted mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy's most wanted mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run

India Today  

Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run since 1993 was being treated for cancer. Messina Denaro, 60, was led away from Palermo's "La Maddalena" hospital by two uniformed carabinieri police and bundled into a waiting black minivan. …

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on run
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on run

Associated Press  

ROME — Italy’s No. “It was a debt that the Republic owed to the victims of those years.” Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni tweeted that Messina Denaro’s capture is a “great victory of the state, which shows that it doesn’t surrender in the face of the Mafia.” Monday’s arrest came 30 years and a day after the Jan. 15, 1993, capture …

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily

The Hindu  

Italian anti-mafia police caught fugitive Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday, ending a 30-year manhunt for Italy’s most wanted mobster. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Messina Denaro was the “most significant” mafia boss and his arrest in his native Sicily was a “great victory” for the state in its war against organised crime. The mobster was nabbed “inside a …

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on the run
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on the run

LA Times  

Top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, right, is seen in a car with Italian Carabinieri officers soon after his arrest at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily. “It was a debt that the Republic owed to the victims of those years.” Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni tweeted that Messina Denaro’s capture is a “great victory of the state, which shows that …

Italy’s No. 2 most-wanted mobster is extradited from Brazil
2 years, 6 months ago

Italy’s No. 2 most-wanted mobster is extradited from Brazil

Associated Press  

ROME — A convicted mobster who was one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives and reputedly one of the world’s most powerful drug brokers, arrived in Rome Wednesday, extradited by Brazil after 28 years on the lam. He was convicted two decades ago in absentia of drug trafficking as part of the ‘ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, which does billions of euros in …

Italy’s second-most-wanted mobster is extradited from Brazil
2 years, 6 months ago

Italy’s second-most-wanted mobster is extradited from Brazil

LA Times  

Rocco Morabito, a convicted mobster and one of Italy’s most sought-after fugitives, has been extradited from Brazil. A convicted mobster who was one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives and reputedly one of the world’s most powerful drug brokers arrived in Rome on Wednesday following his extradition by Brazil after 28 years on the lam. Calabria-based anti-Mafia prosecutors say Morabito played a …

British Man Arrested in Netherlands After Being Mistaken for Mafia Boss
3 years, 3 months ago

British Man Arrested in Netherlands After Being Mistaken for Mafia Boss

News 18  

A 54-year-old Formula 1 fan from Liverpool was arrested by the police in the Netherlands’s city, The Hague after he was mistaken for a mafia boss. According to the BBC, the Police believed that the British man, Mark L, was the Sicilian crime lord Matteo Messina Denaro, and therefore, he was blindfolded and arrested by officers in The Hague on …

Suspected mafia boss caught in The Hague was actually an innocent British man
3 years, 3 months ago

Suspected mafia boss caught in The Hague was actually an innocent British man

NL Times  

A man who was arrested in a restaurant in The Hague on Wednesday proved not to be a mafia boss from Sicily, but instead a tourist from Liverpool. The man was mistaken for Italian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, also known as Diabolik, for whom there is a European arrest warrant. The man from Liverpool had come to the Netherlands …

Mafia fugitive among Italy’s most-wanted arrested in Brazil
3 years, 7 months ago

Mafia fugitive among Italy’s most-wanted arrested in Brazil

Associated Press  

MILAN — Authorities in Brazil have arrested one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives, a drug boss inside the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta organized crime network who escaped a prison in Uruguay two years ago, Italian officials said Tuesday. Rocco Morabito, who has been wanted by Italy since 1994, was arrested in northern Brazil following a two-year investigation involving multiple agencies, the Italian Interior …

Mafia member, wanted for drugs, was working in The Hague pizza restaurant
5 years, 1 month ago

Mafia member, wanted for drugs, was working in The Hague pizza restaurant

Dutch News  

A long-wanted member of the Italian mafia, who was picked up in the Netherlands on Monday, was working in a pizzeria in The Hague, round the corner from the city’s main police station, the AD said on Thursday. Alfredo M, 57, was working in La Lanterna, one of the city’s better and oldest Italian restaurant groups with five locations in …

Mafia member, wanted for drugs, was working in The Hague pizza restaurant
5 years, 1 month ago

Mafia member, wanted for drugs, was working in The Hague pizza restaurant

Dutch News  

A long-wanted member of the Italian mafia, who was picked up in the Netherlands on Monday, was working in a pizzeria in The Hague, round the corner from the city’s main police station, the AD said on Thursday. Alfredo M, 57, was working in La Lanterna, one of the city’s better and oldest Italian restaurant groups with five locations in …

Italian mafia member arrested at Hague restaurant
5 years, 1 month ago

Italian mafia member arrested at Hague restaurant

NL Times  

The police arrested a 57-year-old Italian man in The Hague on Monday based on a European arrest warrant. The Italian authorities believes that M. formed part of an international network that smuggled cocaine and hashish from Spain and the Netherlands to Italy, according to AD. Over the past years, M. worked as a chef in various Italian restaurants in The …

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