Matteo Messina Denaro Biography, Age, Career, Family, Net worth, Early Life, Weight, Height

Matteo Messina Denaro is a very well-known name in Mafia history. He is the Mafia leader in Sicily. Learn about personal life and crimes. This article covers his early life, rise to power, net worth, family, and recent arrest.

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After a raid conducted by more than 100 specialized agents with the anti-Mafia Carabinieri early in the morning on Monday, Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the Cosa Nostra Mafia‘s top leaders in Sicily and the most sought man in Italy, was taken into custody around 10 a.m. local time. He was arrested while receiving treatment in a private medical facility in Palermo, known as the Maddalena clinic. The kind of care Messina Denaro was getting is unknown.

Messina Denaro had been on the run since 1993 and was one of Europol’s most-wanted men in Europe. He was the longest-hiding fugitive of Cosa Notra, having been wanted for almost 30 years.

Matteo Messina Denaro was born on April 26, 1962 (age 60 years), in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy. He is the son of Francesco Messina Denaro, also known as Don Ciccio, who served as the capo mandamento of Castelvetrano as well as the leader of the Mafia Commission for the Trapani area.

He also had five siblings, Patrizia Messina Denaro, Salvatore Messina Denaro, Giovanna Messina Denaro Bice Maria Messina Denaro, and Rosalia Messina Denaro.