Mafia boss Matteo Denaro, Italy's most wanted man, arrested in Sicily

Italy's most-wanted man, mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested in Sicily on Monday after 30 years on the run, police said.

Italy's most-wanted man, Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested Monday after three decades on the run.

He was apprehended in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, Italy's Carabinieri police division said.

Messina Denaro, a convicted murderer who has eluded authorities 30 years, is thought to be the leader of the notorious Cosa Nostra organized crime group.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement that the arrest was “a great victory for the state that shows it never gives up in the face of the Mafia.”

Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, who leads the Carabinieri’s special operations squad, said Messina Denaro was arrested at a private clinic in Palermo where he was being treated for an unspecified medical issue.