Italian authorities have seized assets and companies valued at more than €200 million (£173 million) as part of to the financial empire of the late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
Messina Denaro, a prominent leader within the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, was apprehended in 2023 after three decades evading justice. His criminal career included a central role in the mafia's brutal war against the state during the 1980s and 1990s, notably the assassination of top prosecutor Giovanni Falcone.
