Messina Denaro, the Palermo prosecutor: "Boss also helped by appreciated professionals"

“Such a long period of absence (that of Messina Money, ed.) was based on help that was not that of the 'picciotto' but of graduates, appreciated professionals who were also subjects who dialogued with the mafias".

Thus the prosecutor of Palermo, Maurizio De Lucia, adding: “Such a complex period of hiding cannot be achieved without a series of services – he added -, Messina Denaro had false documents, doctors who helped him with his therapies and other individuals who were around him.

There are parts of civil society that seek dialogue with the mafia because they think they can obtain benefits”. “A part of the ruling class of Sicily – explained de Lucia – has managed its business in collaboration with the mafia, deriving significant advantages. Today the phenomenon is less widespread but in some ways more serious: this part that allows the mafia to survive is a complacent subject, not an underlying one”.