Italian police have arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the mafia boss who was the country’s most wanted person. Reuters writes that on Monday. According to Reuters, the Carabinieri military police have confirmed the arrest, which took place in the city of Palermo in Sicily. He was arrested at a medical clinic for psychiatric treatment. La Republica reports that he was taken into a black military vehicle at 09:35. WANTED: For 30 years, Matteo Messina Denaro has been on the run. Here is an old photo from the Italian police. Photo: Italian police / AP Messina Denaro (60) is alleged to be the head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia. He has been on the run since 1993, i.e. for 30 years. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2020. He received the sentence for complicity in two murders of police officers, and complicity in three bomb attacks in Florence, Milan and Rome in 1993.
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