The decree for the seizure of the archaeological finds was issued by the Court of Trapani against the trafficker who had already had numerous assets confiscated due to his links with Cosa Nostra and his business with the mafia family of Castelvetrano, in the Trapani area.
Amphorae from the late Roman period and a marble base reproducing mythological scenes carved on all sides from the Hellenistic-Roman age: these are the archaeological assets of enormous value seized by the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate from an international trafficker of works of art linked to the late head of Cosa Nostra Matteo Messina Moneythe former fugitive arrested on 16 January 2023 near a private clinic in Palermo and died of cancer on 25 September of the same year in L’Aquila, where he was detained.
The decree for the seizure of the archaeological finds was issued by the Court of Trapani against the trafficker who had already had numerous assets confiscated for his ties with Cosa Nostra and for business with the mafia family of Castelvetrano, in the Trapani area.
Many clues have emerged regarding the recipient of the provision regarding his dangerousness due to his role as an international trafficker of archaeological finds. The man had already been accused in the past of links to organized crime, attested by several justice collaborators.
He lent his identity to Matteo Messina Denaro, Andrea Bonafede sentenced to 14 years
The seizure of the archaeological assets, issued following a proposal jointly signed by the Director of the DIA and the Public Prosecutor of Palermo, follows the previous measures adopted after having noted the disproportion between the sources of income and the jobs of the family unit of the recipient of the measure. The works of art will be entrusted for safekeeping to the Superintendency of Cultural and Environmental Heritage in order to make them accessible to the community again.
