Matteo Messina Denaro
Sicilian Mafia boss
Died when: 61 years 152 days (736 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Matteo Messina Denaro (Italian pronunciation: [mat't??o mes'si?na de'na?ro]; born 26 April 1962), also known as Diabolik, was a Sicilian Mafia boss.
He got his nickname from the Italian comic book character of the same name.He is considered to be one of the new leaders of Cosa Nostra after the arrest of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006, and the arrest of Salvatore Lo Piccolo in November 2007.
Messina Denaro became known nationally on 12 April 2001 when the magazine L'Espresso put him on the cover with the headline: Ecco il nuovo capo della Mafia ("Here is the new head of the Mafia", or "Here is the new Mafia boss").
He has been a fugitive on the most wanted list since 1993 and according to Forbes magazine he is among the ten most wanted criminals in the world.
With the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017, Messina Denaro is seen as the unchallenged boss of all bosses within the Mafia.
