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In the bowels of the province of Trapani, people are still looking for the super-rookie Matteo Messina Denaro, the “godson” of the boss of the bosses Totò Riina, the mafia that knows the secret of the massacres. But it remains a ghost, since June 1993. On the other hand, the new bosses who govern the Messina Denaro “system”, between business and complicity, fall into the network of investigations coordinated by the Palermo Prosecutor’s Office. Tonight, police officers from the central operational service and colleagues from the Trapani and Palermo mobile teams carried out thirteen arrests ordered by the leadership of the Palermo anti-mafia district, dismantling the Calatafimi-Segesta clan. A guarantee notice was also notified to the mayor of Calatafimi, Antonino Accardo, elected last year with 1900 preferences, today he is accused of electoral corruption (“50 euros per vote” is heard in the wiretaps) and attempted extortion, with the aggravation of the mafia. The suspects also include a prison police officer on duty at the Pagliarelli prison in Palermo: he is accused of revealing confidential information.
Massacres of Falcone and Borsellino, life imprisonment for Messina Denaro. He was also among the instigators of the 1992 bombs.
by Salvo Palazzolo
Handcuffed, the new boss of the mafia family that is part of the Alcamo neighborhood is ending, it is Nicolò Pidone, 57, a former seasonal forestry worker who had already been arrested in 2012, after having served his sentence he was again in service with an even more authoritative role. The investigations coordinated by the Palermo prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi, by deputy Paolo Guido and by alternates Pierangelo Padova and Francesca Dessì led the new members of the Calatafimi clan to prison, as well as a white collar who is considered an unsuspected accomplice of Pidone . This is Salvatore Barone, former president of ATM, the company that manages the urban public service in Trapani, more recently he had become president of a winery, now he is accused of mafia association. Police wiretaps revealed meetings and contacts. “We have dismantled a powerful and stable mafia organization in the territory – says Prefect Francesco Messina, central anti-crime director of the State Police – an organization that operated from all points of view, including the political, administrative and economic business.”
Many looked to Pidon, advice, or the resolution of a dispute. It is the Messina Denaro “method”, that of a mafia that has turned to mediation and business. “La Cosa Nostra Trapani is the fugitive’s livelihood, which exploits the intrinsic characteristics of the organization,” explains the central director of crime fighting.
Stefano Leo was also arrested in the blitz, believed to be very close to Vito Gondola, the Mazara boss who in recent years managed the superflatant’s communication system. “A life’s daughter and Leo’s wife had been hired at the winery run by Barone,” explains Emanuele Fattori, head of the Trapani mobile team.
Trapani, two loyal followers of Messina Denaro arrested. They searched the house of the superlatant’s mother
by SALVO PALAZZOLO
And where is the godfather of the massacres hiding? It has really become a ghost, bugs and cameras have no more Messina Denaro signals for years. Castelvetrano’s boss, who is 58 years old, is probably no longer in Sicily. Who knows where. Maybe in Tunisia, maybe in Great Britain, maybe in Venezuela. Maybe. The only certainty is that he resigned from the direct government of the Sicilian territory to dedicate himself to big business. His true strength lies in the secrets of the past, which he continues to keep. Secrets about relationships and complicity.
