Show respect to the family

Resembling a scene from the Godfather, a piece of Warhol styled pop-art featuring the Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has suddenly cropped in Palermo, Italy. The pop-art, which is said to look like Warhol’s iconic image of Marilyn Monroe, appeared in the centre of Palermo, just down from the Cathedral.

“Messina Denaro - The Last One!” has been scrawled in graffiti below the mural, next to a row of dollar signs.

The letters ‘FA’ have been written above the mural, which are believed to be the initials of the artist.

Carlo Vizzini, an Italian conservative senator said:

The mural ’s prominent position in central Palermo, as if it were a normal piece of pop art rather than an image of one of the most wanted, powerful and dangerous Mafia fugitives alive today is serious and disturbing.

It is disquieting that Messina Denaro gets treated like a Hollywood movie star and a person to emulate.

This shows the uphill struggle we face in bringing about the change in mentalities needed to defeat the Mafia.

Messina Denaro has been on the run since 1993 and is said to be one of the leaders of the Sicilian Mafia.