Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily - BBC News

Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy's most-wanted mafia boss, is captured after 30 years on the run.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Matteo Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a medical clinicBy Laura Gozzi in London and Davide Ghiglione in RomeBBC NewsItaly's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.

Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic in Sicily's capital, Palermo, where he was receiving treatment for cancer.

He is alleged to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia and he was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in 2002 over numerous murders.

More than 100 members of the armed forces were involved in his arrest.

Italian media reported that Messina Denaro was captured just before 10:00 (09:00 GMT) and taken to a secret location by the Carabinieri. He was reportedly visiting the clinic under a fake name for a course of chemotherapy.

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