Messina Denaro's men freed after custody terms expire

Several ex close aides of Mafia superboss terms cut on appeal

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Oct 19 2024
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Messina Denaro's men freed aft

Several former close associates of late Cosa Nostra superboss Matteo Messina Denaro were set to be released Monday after their pre-trial custody terms ran out after their sentences were cut on appeal.
    Messina Denaro, 61, 'Cosa Nostra's last boss', died last November after being caught after 30 years on the run in Palermo in January 2023.
    Monday's ruling was made by the Court of Appeal of Palermo, which, on the indication of the Supreme Court and due to the lack of the aggravating circumstance of "the economic reinvestment of the proceeds of mafia activity," was called upon to review the sentences for a series of mafia bosses and their followers from Trapani, Messina Denaro's former fief.