Italian Mafia boss Gerlandino Messina was playing the Godfather video game on Xbox when police arrested him in Italy last weekend, Life in Italy reported.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said in a translated statement that the arrest was a confirmation of the “government’s unprecedented success in its battle against organized crime.” Messina was among Italy’s top 30 most dangerous fugitives, 28 of whom have already been arrested, according to a statement from the Italian government.
Messina, 38, apparently had an interest in the Godfather video game, which is based on the popular Godfather movie trilogy. Police noted that while tracking Messina for 11 years they had found the game, among many others, in his various hide-outs, according to Life in Italy.
Messina was on the run from police since 1999 for “mafia-type association and several murders,” according to a translation of an Italian Ministry of Interior document. He is Sicily’s No.2 mafia boss, next to top boss Matteo Messina Denaro, according to Reuters.
Denaro, however, is still at large. He has been on the run since 1993 for crimes including “mafia-type association, murder, massacre, destruction, detention and the port of explosive materials, theft and more,” according to the Ministry of Interior.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said in a translated statement that the arrest was a confirmation of the “government’s unprecedented success in its battle against organized crime.” Messina was among Italy’s top 30 most dangerous fugitives, 28 of whom have already been arrested, according to a statement from the Italian government.
Messina, 38, apparently had an interest in the Godfather video game, which is based on the popular Godfather movie trilogy. Police noted that while tracking Messina for 11 years they had found the game, among many others, in his various hide-outs, according to Life in Italy.
Messina was on the run from police since 1999 for “mafia-type association and several murders,” according to a translation of an Italian Ministry of Interior document. He is Sicily’s No.2 mafia boss, next to top boss Matteo Messina Denaro, according to Reuters.
Denaro, however, is still at large. He has been on the run since 1993 for crimes including “mafia-type association, murder, massacre, destruction, detention and the port of explosive materials, theft and more,” according to the Ministry of Interior.
