Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday
hailed the arrest of Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro as a
"great victory for the State".
Noting that it happened the day after the anniversary of late
Cosa Nostra boss-of.bosses Totò Riina's arrest in 1993, she said
it shows that the State "does not give up in the face of the
Mafia".
"My warmest thanks and those of the entire government go to the
police forces, in particular to the Carabinieri Ros section, the
National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor's Office, and the Palermo
Prosecutor's Office, for the capture of the most significant
figure in the mafia," she added.
"The government will make sure that the fight against mafia
crime continues without respite, as demonstrated by the fact
that this executive's first measure - the defence of the
'carcere ostativo' (tough prison regime for mafia convicts) -
concerned precisely this matter."
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