Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted mobster, was just arrested after spending 30 years on the run. Italian police arrested him on Monday.
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00:00Italy's most wanted mobster was just arrested after spending 30 years on the run.
00:05Matteo Messina Dinaro, a 60-year-old Sicilian,
00:09is considered to be the leader of the Cosa Nostra Mafia group.
00:12In the past, he had been convicted in absentia for multiple crimes,
00:17including murder, and received a life sentence.
00:20Dinaro was arrested inside an Italian private health clinic,
00:23where he was receiving treatment for cancer under an assumed name.
00:26According to The Guardian, Dinaro tried to escape his capture,
00:30but ultimately surrendered to police without resistance.
00:33After the mobster was arrested, residents of Palermo applauded in the streets.
00:37The last known photo of Dinaro was taken in the early 1990s.
00:41In recent years, several relatives of the Mafia mobster have been arrested,
00:46including his sister.
00:47Dinaro was reportedly elected to succeed Toto Rina, who was arrested in January 1993.