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Italy abuse case highlights how scandal slowly beginning to come to light in pope’s backyard
9 months, 1 week ago

Italy abuse case highlights how scandal slowly beginning to come to light in pope’s backyard

Associated Press  

ROME — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a case that tangentially involved Pope Francis. Victim Antonio Messina told his story at the launch Monday of the podcast about his case, saying it was his duty to speak out …

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The brutal life and graveyard-filling crimes of ‘the last godfather’
1 year, 2 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 …

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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” …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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