Rome, May 28, 2026 (AFP) - Italian police seize $232 mn in late mafia boss's assets

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2026-05-28

Italy said Thursday it was seizing more than 200 million euros ($232 million) in assets belonging to late Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro derived from drug trafficking and reinvested in Europe and beyond. The "vast fortune" of the ruthless Cosa Nostra boss -- a legendary figure finally captured in 2023 in Palermo after three decades on the run -- had been amassed since the 1980s, Italy's financial police said in a statement. Messina Denaro, head......

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