Also a bunch of people connected to him including his sister were recently arrested for helping him, so it definatly seems like they are squeezing his network.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/13/mafia-top-boss-family-members-arrested-sicily

I don't think he has long left. The Italian government was desperate to arrest him and arrested his inner circle. Most Sicilian bosses do not flee there territories when they are on the run. Messina still has a few trusted lieutenants not in prison, but with the amount of pressure the Italian government has put on the mafia clans, he won't stay hidden for very long unless he left Sicily already.

That is true carmela, but the only way I can see him not being apprehended is if he had left Sicily which is very doubtful. carmela, with is blood relatives locked up now I say he has about a few years left. about fourteen of the mafia clans in Trapani are still loyal to him, the other six to ten I am unsure if they are still loyal to Denaro. People have been say he won't have long left, but now who does he still have contact left to command the mafia in Trapani? Only a few people but they are being watched as well.

Nice to hear some news about what is going on currently in Italy!

Can i please ask, what are the 'black dossiers' which have been mentioned? I have never heard of these. I remember reading somewhere that Riina had some incriminating evidence that he had with him at him home, is this what you are referring to? I believe i read this in The Last Godfathers book.

He got a cool ass name. Wants his nickname? He must got aton of girls hiding him out but probably not are there project building in his area like american ghetos is he hiding out in some widows extra room or a cave at a farm like provenzo.

Yes, that's it.

Does anyone know what life is living on the run for 20 years? Someone should write a book on this guys time on the run when he is finally caught. To me it can't be that great always living in fear that the police will be knocking at your door. Also it can't be much of a social life besides your most trusted people dropping by to relay information to you...

It's a shitty life and when they've been on the run for years and finally captured, it's almost a relief for them. Almost. But with these top bosses, they'll probably see their family members more when they're hiding out, b/c once caught they're thrown into 41-bis, which is an isolation for the rest of their lives, unless they talk. And they're only permitted one hour visitation a month and it's behind a glass partition.

A knock at the door by police? lol Hardly. Here is how my husband's cousin, boss of Agrigento, Gerlandino Messina, was captured after 11 years on the run in Sicily. He was #2 on Italy's most wanted until his capture in 2010...the guy I mentioned earlier in this thread. It's the same way MMD will be taken, if he even comes out alive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6PsiynGL5s

I've been on the other end of a DEA/ATF bust before. They fucked me up one cold morning in front of my neighbors and everything. Come to find out the lady that had the apartment before me was wanted for cooking meth and we had already been there 2-3 months when they hit the place. Talk about pissed! Had me standing out in 20 degree weather in my boxers!

Since Gerlandino Messina is mentioned here, I have a question: is he known to have ordered any murders after becoming boss? Because everything he was convicted for he had done when he was just a young hitman.

Nah man I didn't have time to get out! It was a 2nd story apartment with no back door. My old man likes to bang on the door like he is a cop so I thought it was him. So like a dumbass I opened the door without seeing who was outside and they snatched my ass out the door before I could even see who was there. I was flat on my face and handcuffed with a knee in my back. Damn concrete hurts son!

I had to start screaming that my son was in the house so they wouldn't shoot the poor thing. He was scared, I was pissed!

They said sorry sir we got the wrong house and fled out of there quicker than they came.

I got a good chuckle out of this. Sorry.

Denaro is said to hold "One of" the black dossiers. Provenzano held one before he was caught, but did he give it to Denaro? If Matteo is indeed in possession of one of these, then he has nothing to really fear except for the chance that one of the other bosses could be mad at him and try to find a way for Palermo to give the O.K. to have Denaro killed.

So if he he has this black book and he's somehow immune from being caught why are the Italian Police trying to arrest him? Sorry, I don't know much about Italian OC.

That sucks DM, it is a funny story to read.

carmela, as to who is running Palermo these days, it is hard to tell. Benedetto Caprize was nominated as the head of the commission when he was on house arrest, but wiretaps and notes that have been confiscated, that were passed from one mafia boss to another, indicating that at least half of mafia bosses of the Palermo province were wondering why Caprize was picked. I read that acting boss of the Bagheria family, Giuseppe Scaduto served as a buffer between those that were for and against Caprize getting the nomination. All this was back in 08'.

Now five years later, it is still hard to say, as Salvatore Buscemi of Passo di Rigano is said to have gained a lot of influence and is a strong contender. He and Torretta boss Vincenzo Brusca are both said to be strong supporters of having the exiled Inzerillo family to return to Sicily. Another boss that is said to be growing powerful is Luigi Caravello of Noce. Maybe Caravello can bring the power back to Noce again, but who knows, all of these are just rumors.

One thing I find funny about the media is when they call Denaro "The boss of bosses". Only a mafia boss with the strongest family from the province of Palermo can be called that. Matteo is from the province of Trapani and can not hold that title, if indeed the mafia clans of Sicily did bring back that title.