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Shadow looms over captured mobster's home town
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» CASTELVETRANO (ITALY) - Killer mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro may have been captured this week after 30 years on the run, but his shadow still looms large over his Sicilian hometown.
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Arrest removes 'king' of weakened Sicilian Mafia
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» ROME: Matteo Messina Denaro's arrest leaves a power vacuum at the top of the Sicilian Mafia at a time when it is already being eclipsed by rivals — but experts warn it is too soon to write the group off.
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Sicily police seal off Mafia boss's hideout
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» ROME: Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had been hiding in an apartment in a small town in Sicily before his arrest this week after three decades on the run, it emerged Tuesday.
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Messina Denaro: a ruthless boss of the Sicilian Mafia
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» ROME: Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested on Monday after 30 years on the run, is a ruthless assassin whose violence fuelled the bloody reputation of the Cosa Nostra Mafia.
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Italy catches fugitive Mafia boss Messina Denaro
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» ROME: Italian anti-mafia police caught Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday, ending a 30-year manhunt for Italy's most wanted fugitive.
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How Italy's car-bombed judges shaped fight against mafia
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» ROME - "It was war and we all felt called up. No-one could afford to look away any longer," says Marzia Sabella, remembering the assassination of anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone 30 years ago.
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Italy marks 30th anniversary of murder of anti-mafia judge Falcone
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» ROME: Thirty years ago, the Sicilian mafia killed judge Giovanni Falcone with a bomb so powerful it was registered by experts monitoring volcanic tremors from Etna on the other side of the island.
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Pope to meet Slovak Jews after warning on anti-Semitism
AFP, Published on 13/09/2021
» BRATISLAVA: Pope Francis prepared to meet with members of Slovakia's remaining Jewish community on Monday, a day after warning of "the threat of anti-Semitism still lurking" in Europe and beyond.
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Sicilian judge killed by mafia takes step to sainthood
AFP, Published on 10/05/2021
» ROME - An Italian judge murdered by the mafia in Sicily took a step towards sainthood Sunday, almost three decades after being declared a martyr by pope John Paul II.
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Sicilian judge killed by mafia takes step to sainthood
AFP, Published on 09/05/2021
» ROME: An Italian judge murdered by the mafia in Sicily takes a step towards sainthood Sunday, almost three decades after being declared a martyr by Pope John Paul II.
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