ROME, May 28 — Italy said today it was seizing assets worth more than 200 million euros (US$232 million) belonging to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in an operation...
US DoJ moves to seize New York luxury apartment bought with alleged 1MDB funds tied to Jho Low’s personal assistantThis handout video grab taken and released by the Italian Carabinieri Press Office on January 16, 2023 shows the transfer of Italy’s top wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro from the Carabinieri police station of San Lorenzo in Palermo, to an undisclosed location.
— Italian Carabinieri Press Office handout via AFP! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. ROME, May 28 — Italy said today it was seizing assets worth more than 200 million euros belonging to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in an operation involving a string of offshore territories.
Police said in a statement the assets had been amassed since the 1980s “in the interests of Matteo Messina Denaro”, who was captured in 2023 after 30 years on the run and died in prison the same year. Police said assets were being seized in Andorra, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain and Switzerland, as well as Italy.
Messina Denaro was one of the most ruthless bosses in Cosa Nostra, the real-life Sicilian crime syndicate depicted in the Godfather movies. He was convicted of involvement in the murder of anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992 and for deadly bombings in Rome, Florence and Milan in 1993. One of his six life sentences was for the kidnap and subsequent murder of the 12-year-old son of a witness in the Falcone case.
Messina Denaro disappeared in 1993 and spent the next 30 years on the run as the Italian state cracked down on the Sicilian mob. It was his decision to seek treatment for cancer that led to his capture. He was arrested on January 16, 2023, when he visited a clinic in Palermo. The arrest may have brought some relief for his victims but the mob boss always maintained his silence.
He was jailed in L’Aquila, where he continued treatment in his cell, but was moved to hospital in August that year, under heavy security.
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