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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A sign of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have lon
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A man parks his Porsche car at the side entrance of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and busine
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
<br />
The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have lon
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: An interior view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: An interior view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The wedding album of Giuseppe Cimarosa's parents, Lorenzo and Rosa (center), posing for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Prove
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The wedding album of Giuseppe Cimarosa's parents, Lorenzo and Rosa (center), posing for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Prove
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
<br />
The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have lon
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa's shows his parents' wedding album in which they pose for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 201
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The tomb of lorenzo Cimarosa, Giuseppe Cimarosa's father, is seen here at the cemetery in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Famil
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) walks towards his father's tomb at the cemetery in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Horses are seen here in Giuseppe Cimarosa's horse riding center in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia f
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The wedding album of Giuseppe Cimarosa's parents, Lorenzo and Rosa (center), posing for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Prove
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) cuddles his horse at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
<br />
Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Ma
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) cuddles his horse at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
<br />
Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
<br />
When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Ma
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) cuddles his horse at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Ma
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • FULGATORE, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A wind farm is seen here in Fulgatore, Italy, on February 17th 2020. Mafia top boss Matteo Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. <br />
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In 2019 Vito Nicastri, a Sicilian wind farm businessman known as the “king of wind”, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bankrolling the top mafia fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro. Investigators said Nicastri, who made his name as an alternative energy entrepreneur, had invested money made from criminal activities and had “high-level” contacts in the mafia and “close ties to Matteo Messina Denaro”. According to prosecutors, Nicastri allegedly acted as a middleman between local bosses and corrupt politicians, securing all the permits required to build and deliver hundreds of windfarm turbines to Spanish, Danish and Maltese operators, with profits finding their way back to Denaro.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • ITALY - 19 MARCH 2020:  The last known photograph of Matteo Messina Denaro, the top Cosa Nostra boss on the run since 1993, is seen here in Italy on March 19th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Enzo Alfano (63), mayor of Castelvetrano, poses for a portrait in his office in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. Castelvetrano is notorious as the birthplace of Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A man walks in the town of Castelvetrano, notorious as the birthplace of Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro, in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A man walks in the town of Castelvetrano, notorious as the birthplace of Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro, in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The home in which Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro grew up, as well as his mother's current residence, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Enzo Alfano (63), mayor of Castelvetrano, poses for a portrait in his office in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. Castelvetrano is notorious as the birthplace of Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The family tomb of the Messina Denaro family, a well known mafia family in the area, is seen here in the cemetery of Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The family tomb of the Messina Denaro family, a well known mafia family in the area, is seen here in the cemetery of Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 FEBRUARY 2020: Federico Cafiero De Raho (68), the Italian national Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, poses for a portrait in his office in Rome, Italy, on February 21st 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 FEBRUARY 2020: Federico Cafiero De Raho (68), the Italian national Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, poses for a portrait in his office in Rome, Italy, on February 21st 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 FEBRUARY 2020: Federico Cafiero De Raho (68), the Italian national Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, poses for a portrait in his office in Rome, Italy, on February 21st 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (R-L) Mario Italiano, 59, and Rosario Farina, a 78 years old emigrant who returned from Venezuela, are here on Mr Farina's terrace in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Monte Scuderi from Contrada O Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, is here in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (L-R) Alberto Italiano, 18, and his father Mario Italiano, 59, inspect abandoned houses in Via San Francesco di Paola in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: A woman walks by Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Faithfuls gather after a baptism at a Sunday mass at Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Faithfuls stay inside Saint Peter's church after mass in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Men play cards at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Men play cards at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Pina Certo (59), owner of the 67 years old Bar dello Sport, is here at the counter of in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.<br />
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Pina Certo and her husband Carmelo Nastasi took over the 30 years old business belonging to Pina's cousin in 1976.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Two men read the newspaper at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: An elderly man reads the newspaper at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: A view of the Church of the Carmine from Corso Italia, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Men gather in Piazza Roma, the central square in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A child plays with his kick scooter in Piazza Roma, the central square in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Pina and Santina chat after sunset at a doorstep in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Pina and Santina chat after sunset at a doorstep in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus with with silvers crowns restored thanks to donations of emigrants of San Pier Niceto, in the Church of the Carmine in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Residents of San Pier Niceto are here in the Belvedere of Largo XX Settembre in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Saint Peter's church at sunset from in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Monte Scuderi from Contrada O Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Alberto Italiano, 18, is here in the car with his father Mario in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, and his son Alberto, 18, are here in their car in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, is here in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, drives in Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A farmer feeds his goats in Contrada O' Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Monte Scuderi from Contrada O Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A woman is here on her terrace by Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Peppino Catanese, 80, sits in front of Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Retired elementary school teacher Lucia Paone, 81, is here on her balcony in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Lucia Paone was born in San Piern Niceto and taught at the elementary school for 35 years. until 1990.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A woman walks by the entrance of the 16th century Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Alberto Italiano, 18, walks up the stairs towards Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A house in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Antonino Meo, 72, moved back to San Pier Niceto after living and working in Venezuela for 50 years, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Mr Meo's family emigrated to Venezuela in 1948.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Petranilla Meo, 92, talks with Mario Italiano about the originis of the house she is currently living in, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. According to mRs Meo, the previous owner of her house was Captain Sciotto, a relative of author Russel Shorto.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (L-R) Alberto Italiano, 18, inspects an abandoned house in Via San Francesco di Paola in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Rita Minuti, 55, is here by an undated columns in her property in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Rita Minuti, 55, is here by an undated columns in her property in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (L-R) Alberto Italiano, 18, and his father Mario Italiano, 59, walk in Via San Francesco di Paola in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Via San Francesco di Paola, a street in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood(which translates as "Four Faces" because of the 4 streets that access the district) in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (Top to bottom) Giovanni Bongiovanni, 80, and his sister Venera Bongiovanni, are here in the house where they were born, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Giovanni Bongiovanni moved back to San Pier Niceto after living his entire adult life in Piemonte, where he worked. "You can't forget the place you were born", said Giovanni Bongiovanni.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Alberto Italiano, 18, walks in the "Quattro facce" (which translates as "Four Faces") neighborhood, the heart of San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: A nun and a fathdul talk outside Saint Peter's church during a baptism in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Barbaro Previte (center), who claims to be the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandmother Anna Maria Previte, sits with his friends on a bench in Piazza Roma, the central square  in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, and his son Alberto, 18, are here in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A house in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A house in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013:  Giovanni Bongiovanni, 80, is here in the house where he was born, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Giovanni Bongiovanni moved back to San Pier Niceto after living his entire adult life in Piemonte, where he worked. "You can't forget the place you were born", said Giovanni Bongiovanni.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (R-L) Mario Italiano, 59, talks with Venera Bongiovanni in front of the house where she was born and where she has lived her entire life  in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicil,y Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Nemu Bongiovanni lives now with her brother who moved back from Piemonte after he retired. "You can't forget the place  you were born", said her brother Giovanni Bongiovanni.
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  • REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY - 15 NOVEMBER 2016: Enrico Interdonato, a 32-year old volunteer psychologist and founding member of the anti-racket association Addio Pizzo in Messina, the Sicilian town across the strait from Reggio Calabria, poses for a portrait in Reggio Calabria, Italy, on November 15th 2016.<br />
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In 2013, after a decade-long work with street boys, Mr. Interdonato started tutoring a 15-year old boy who came from an ‘Ndrangheta family. They spent time together in the disco and with other young men and women in the city, and later also with associations and mafia victims’ families, elaborating together the real impact of reckless criminal actions.<br />
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We are a bit like David against Golia,” he said referring to the two judges on juvenile cases in the city with the highest criminal concentration in Italy.<br />
“But the ’Ndrangheta infiltrates our community and we try to infiltrate them culturally, making their children free to choose,” he said.<br />
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Since 2012, judges from Reggio Calabria court for minors have started a program limiting or suspending parental responsibility for incriminated families, moving children to a different Italian region and trying to create the conditions for an ordinary childhood there. Once they turn 18, they can choose whether to go back to Calabria or not.<br />
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When evidence shows that children are physically or psychologically endangered by their families’ Mafioso behavior, judges apply the same legislation used in Italy against abusive parents to parents from the ‘Ndrangheta.<br />
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So far, the program has involved more than 40 minors, boys and girls aged 12 to 16, and out of those who have already returned to their lives, none has committed a crime.<br />
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Calabria has a very high criminal concentration. Since the early 1990s, Reggio Calabria juvenile court sentenced about 100 minors for mafia association and 50 for murder—or attempted murder.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 9 NOVEMBER 2018: Lucia Messina (58, center), an unemployed citizen,  registers to the Eastern Naples Job Center, accompanied by his mother, in Naples, Italy, on November 9th 2018.<br />
"I want to sign-up because I'm looking for a job, but also for the "citizens' wage"", she said.<br />
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Italy’s 550 state-run job centers will be in charge of verifying that recipients of the “citizens’ wage”, a welfare policy championed by the governing 5-Star Movement designed to lift 5 million Italian out of poverty, meet an important eligibility criteria: that they are actively looking for a job.<br />
But Italians widely regard the centers as being blighted by obsolete technology and insufficient and under-qualified staff. The new populist government plans to spend 1 billion euros to modernize the centers — 10 percent of the total cost of the new policy in its first year in 2019. <br />
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The “citizens’ wage” will cost 10 billion euros next year, the most expensive item in a big-spending budget which itself has raised concerns in the European Union that Italy could be sowing the seeds of a financial crisis.
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