BBCNEWS Outside Source June 4, 2024 19:12:00
Crime can be fought and that the italian authorities can reclaim the territory which had been controlled by the organised crime for years, for decades, especially in southern regions. matteo messina denaro was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in 2002 for a number of murders. they include the 1992 killing of two anti—mafia prosecutors giovanni falcone and paolo borsellino, crimes that shocked the nation and sparked a crackdown on cosa nostra. then the following year, bomb attacks in italian cities — linked to matteo messina denaro — left ten people dead. he also oversaw rac...