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The playboy Mafioso was famous for his flashy car, his designer clothes and his brutal streak. But to elude police for 30 years, Matteo Messina Denaro had to hide in plain sight.
Matteo Messina Denaro has finally been detained after 30 years on the run
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal Sicilian Mafia boss who was Italy's most wanted criminal before his capture last week,
Messina Denaro held sway in his home province of Trapani in western Sicily, but Palermo Chief Prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia said he never became the "sole" leader of Cosa Nostra. Part of the reason, de Lucia explained, is that under Mafia tradition the so-called "boss of bosses" position is only for mobsters from the area around the Sicilian capital Palermo.
The arrest of a murderous mob boss who had been on the run for decades has prompted relief around Italy - while raising a pressing question: what becomes of the Mafia now?