Carabinieri police in Trapani
conducted a search operation on Tuesday involving 25 suspects
who are under investigation for allegedly helping top Mafia
fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro evade capture.
Police also arrested a suspected member of the Mazara del
Vallo mafia clan who is under investigation for mafia
association, fraudulent money transfer, and violating the
conditions of a special supervision measure.
The operation involved about 200 police officers and is one
phase of an ongoing manhunt to find Messina Denaro, which
involves a strategy of gradually weakening his power structure
and draining economic resources from his criminal organisation.
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