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  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
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La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
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  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALIA - 29 MAGGIO 2014: Il Castello della Colombaia a Trapani il 29 maggio 2014.<br />
<br />
La Colombaia, detta anche Torre Peliade o Castello di mare, è un'antica fortezza medievale trapanese, posta su un'isoletta all'estremità orientale del porto di Trapani. È alta 32 metri, composta da quattro piani sovrapposti, con il primo adibito a cisterna, mentre l’ingresso originario si trovava al secondo piano. È uno dei migliori esempi di architettura militare in Sicilia.
    CIPG_20140529_FAI-TRAPANI_Colombaia_...jpg
  • 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.
    CIPG_20200319_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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.
    CIPG_20200221_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200221_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200221_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    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 />
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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 Mafia f
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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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  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) points out the cargo ship Aberdeen, seized in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
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Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
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“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1866.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 />
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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 />
<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'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 />
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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 Provenzano in 201
    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 />
<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 />
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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 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
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1824.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 />
<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: 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: 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 />
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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 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) 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 />
<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: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait 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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait 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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) stands by the cargo ship Aberdeen, seized in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1890.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Aberdeen, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
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Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1851.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1844.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1834.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1803.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Aberdeen, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1771.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 />
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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
    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 />
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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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • 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 />
<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 />
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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
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Aberdeen, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1904.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: A marshal of the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) walks towards the cargo ship Aberdeen, seized in June 2014 as it was carrying 42 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
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Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1881.jpg
  • TRAPANI, ITALY - 7 JUNE 2016: Cargo ship Just Noran, seized by the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in June 2014 as it was carrying 28 tons of hashish from Morocco to Libya, is docked here in the harbor in Trapani, Italy, on June 7th 2016.<br />
<br />
Between January 2014 e December 2015 more than 120 tons of hashish, carried on fishing boats or cargo ships from Morocco to Libya, were seized in the Strait of Sicily by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) thanks to an international police investigation named “Operazione Libeccio”, carried out by the GICO (Gruppo Investigativo Criminalità Organizzata, Organised Crime Investigation Group), a unit of the tax police of Palermo under the supervision of the DDA (Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia) of Palermo.<br />
<br />
“What is happening in Libya is same historical occurrence that happened years ago in Afghanistan. Such as the Talibans who financed their terroristic activities with heroin trafficking for the purchase of weapons, the Caliphate is proposing the same terroristic strategy by purchasing and commercialising hashish in order to purchase weapons used in their war” Sergio Barbera, Deputy General Prosecutor of Palermo, said.
    CIPG_20160607_NYT-Smuggling_5M3_1814.jpg
  • 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 />
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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: 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 />
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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
    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 />
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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
    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 />
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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 - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) checks the olive trees here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) shows an antique brass grating of a coistored convent, here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) walks inside Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) opens the gate of Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) walks by the pool here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) walks by the pool here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here in the oil mill of Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) shows the machinery in the oil mill where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde", at the Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Olive trees at the Tenuta Pignatelli, the estate where antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here inside Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) leafs through the pages of an antique book at Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: View of the courtyard of Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace bought by antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76), in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: The interior of the oil mill where antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) produces the "Olio Verde", at the Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) is here at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: A fresco inside Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace bought by  antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: Antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76) leafs through the pages of an antique book at Palazzo Aragona Pignatelli, a XIII century palace he bought in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 29 MAY 2015: A Syrian mosaic is here at the entrance of the house belonging to antiquities dealer and olive oil producer Gianfranco Becchina (76), at Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate where he lives and produces the "Olio Verde" olive oil in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, on May 29th 2015.<br />
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Gianfranco Becchina is an Italian antiquities dealer who was taken to trial in Italy of illegally dealing in antiquities. Gianfranco Becchina dealing antiquities in Basel, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and has sold material to major museums including the Louvre, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Mr Becchina claims to have stopped dealing ancient art in 1994. Since 1989 he produces the olive oil "Olio Verde" in Tenuta Pignatelli, his estate in the heart of the Valle del Belice, Sicily, where the Nocellara del Belice olive is grown.
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  • SALEMI, ITALY - 9 DECEMBER 2014: Omar, a 23 years old asylum seeker from Gambia who works as a cook, poses for a portrait at the CAS (Special Accommodation Center) in Salemi, Italy, on December 9th 2014.<br />
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Omar is a Dublin case who deported from Spain to Senegal in 2009. Omar studied cooking in Gambia when he left to Venezuela to continue his studies. He then traveled to Spain, where he was caught and deported to Senegal. After Senegal, he went to Burkina Faso, Mali and Libya. He stayed in Libya 2 years and then embarked on a smugglers' vessel with other migrants to cross the Mediterrean Sea. Their boat was rescued and escorted to the port of Trapani, Sicily.<br />
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The CAS (Special Accommodation Center) in Salemi, Sicily, hosts a total of 77 migrants from Nigeria, Mali, Togo Senegal, Gambia, Bangladesh, Camerou, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Pakistan.
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  • SALEMI, ITALY - 9 DECEMBER 2014: Omar Nja, 22, a asylum seeker from Senegal living at the  CAS (Special Accommodation Center) poses for a portrait on his bed, in Salemi , Italy, on December 9th 2014. Omar arrived by boat on the Sicilian coasts in April 2014. He has now a 6 months temporary Italian permit. Omar says the problem for his is Salemi, a small Sicilian town in the province of Trapani. "There's nothing, it's dead. Salemi is a prison. You eat and you sleep. That's it". Omar used to work as a merchant between Senegal and Gambia, before leaving Senegal in February 2013. <br />
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The CAS (Special Accommodation Center) in Salemi, Sicily, hosts a total of 77 migrants from Nigeria, Mali, Togo Senegal, Gambia, Bangladesh, Camerou, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Pakistan.
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