- Title: ITALY: Police swoop on mafia boss Gerlandino Messina
- Date: 25th October 2010
- Summary: FAVARA, SICILY, ITALY (OCTOBER 23, 2010) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) POLICE DIRECTING TRAFFIC OUTSIDE APARTMENT BLOCK POLICE VEHICLE AND BYSTANDERS OUTSIDE APARTMENT BLOCK MASKED POLICE OFFICERS IN STREET OUTSIDE APARTMENT BLOCK APARTMENT WHERE MESSINA WAS ARRESTED POLICE LEAVING APARTMENT BUILDING VARIOUS OF POLICE GETTING INTO VEHICLES SURROUNDED BY MEDIA POLICE GETTING INTO VAN POLICE OFFICER AND CAMERAMAN OUTSIDE APARTMENT BLOCK VARIOUS OF SWAT TEAM AND MEDIA OUTSIDE BUILDING AMBULANCE DRIVING IN STREET OUTSIDE APARTMENT BLOCK POLICE ESCORTING MESSINA INTO CAR FROM POLICE STATION MESSINA ENTERING CAR AND WAVING THROUGH WINDOW POLICE DRIVING MESSINA AWAY
- Embargoed: 9th November 2010 12:00
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- Location: Italy
- Country: Italy
- Reuters ID: LVAB7KL5TX4FO51L1QJX2B7EC9EB
- Story Text: Italian police said on Saturday (Oct. 23) they had arrested a top mafia boss who had been on the run since 1999.
Gerlandino Messina, 38, was arrested in the Sicilian town of Favara, near Agrigento.
He was on the list of Italy's 30 top fugitives, wanted for several murders and criminal association with the mafia.
Italian media said Messina is widely considered the Sicilian Mafia's second-in-command -- behind top boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who is still on the run.
The arrest is the latest in a string of high profile raids on top mobsters by Italian police.
An Italian Interior Ministry statement said 28 of the 30 most dangerous mafia figures were now in jail.
But Italian media said more names had been added to the list, which is regularly updated by authorities, and 16 top mafia bosses were still at large. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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