(ANSA) - Rome, December 11 - 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.
Cops up heat on Messina Denaro suspects
Properties searched in Trapani area, one arrest in Mafia case