International Organised Crime
Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, was arrested while receiving cancer treatment in a private clinic in Palermo, prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia said Monday. He was Italy’s Most Wanted Man and also high up on the list of Europol’s Most Wanted Men in Europe. Italy’s Chief of Police, Lamberto Giannini, congratulated the Carabinieri, the … Read more
The attacks were the brainchild of Matteo Messina Denaro, the son of Francesco Messina Denaro, also known as Don Ciccio, who started his career as a campiere and ended it as the boss of the Castelvetrano cosca and the head of the Mafia Commission of Trapani.
Maurizio De Lucia is the new prosecutor of Palermo. This was established by the Plenum of the Superior Council of the Judiciary with a decision taken unanimously.
Libero Grassi, a Sicilian business who was killed by Cosa Nostra thirty-one years ago after he publicly denounced the extortionists and refused to pay pizzo.
Over the last few weeks, it has become clear that the grey area of collusion between Cosa Nostra and politicians or state officials is once again growing.
