Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is escorted by the Carabinieri after his arrest in the city of Palermo in Sicily on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. ITALIAN CARABINIERI PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT VIDEO GRAB VIA AFP Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is escorted by the Carabinieri after his arrest in the city of Palermo in Sicily on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. ITALIAN CARABINIERI PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT VIDEO GRAB VIA AFPROME: Antimafia police caught Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday, ending a 30-year manhunt for Italy's most wanted fugitive. Criminology expert Anna Sergi at the University of Essex said Messina Denaro was "the last one, the most resilient one, the 'purest' Sicilian mafioso remaining." Messina Denaro was arrested a day after the 30th anniversary of the arrest of Salvatore "The Beast" Riina, the Cosa Nostra boss who died in 2017.
