Photojournalist Interviewed Over Report of Cosa Nostra Boss’s Alleged Death

Palermo: Italian police are quizzing a Sardinian photojournalist on the veracity of a report he filed in an Italian news magazine Friday on the alleged death in a Colombian clinic of the last fugitive Cosa Nostra boss Giovanni Motisi, judicial sources said Saturday. On behalf of the Palermo prosecutor’s office, the police are interviewing, in Sardinia, photojournalist Antonello Zappadu who published in Gente the news of Motisi’s death.

According to Ansa News Agency, the prosecutor’s office investigating the fugitive status of Motisi, sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1985 murder of the former head of the Palermo Flying Squad Ninni Cassar , is conducting investigations to understand whether the information in Zappadu’s possession is true. The authorities are keen to verify the claims made by Zappadu as they continue their efforts in tracking down Motisi, who has been a notorious figure in organized crime circles.