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Police in Sicily, Italy, arrested a Cosa Nostra Mafia boss who had been on the run for about three decades, prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia announced Monday, according to CNN. Matteo Messina Denaro, a fugitive since 1993 and Italy’s most wanted man, was apprehended while receiving…
here s professor anna sergi, an expert on the mafia. matteo messina denaro embodied the true identity of cosa nostra, the one that was, that reached its peak in the 90s but then eventually, it was also the demise of the organisation because of the choices that they made. but for everyone, the fact that he was so unreachable, that he had been on the run for 30 years, was actually something to be proud of, that the most important criminal organisation of italy historically, its head, impossible to catch boss was something that really forged the identity of cosa nostra. so now, even if the activities of the organisations are not necessarily going to be affected in their day to day practice, certainly, this is a big blow for the identity of the organisation. professor letizia paoli from the leuven institute of criminology. clearly a significant moment.
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so, the arrest of matteo messina denaro, is very important symbolically. he was the last representative of the old generation of cosa nostra bosses that had openly challenged state authority by organising a series of murders of high level politicians and other state representatives, and by organising also terrorist attacks in rome, milan and firenze. and for this reason, his arrest is very important. but it took 30 years to find him. and the fact that he was able to escape the authorities for 30 years suggest that there is still a very powerful network infrastructure, particularly in sicily, defending these kind of people. indeed, the reasons matteo messina denaro would enjoy for many years protections of a network of family members,