THE Rosalia Messina Denarosister of Cosa Nostra leader Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested this morning in the Sicilian village of Castelvetrano.

According to prosecutors, the 68-year-old woman was managed significant sums of money and had in her possession secret messages of the mafia boss, who was arrested in January.

As leaked, Rosalia Messina Denaro was one of the main intermediaries who allowed her brother to remain in constant contact with the entire mafia apparatus during his long fugitive trial.

Crucial to the capture of its leader of Sicilian organized crime it turned out to be a short note referring to the state of his health. It was found three months ago by the carabinieri, hidden inside a chair in the woman’s apartment, while they were installing “bugs” to monitor her conversations.

The daughter of Rosalia Messina Denaro is a lawyer and has take on the defense of the mafia boss while her husband, Filippo Gottaturo, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for mafia activity.

Her youngest son Francesco serving a 16-year prison sentence, also as a member of the mafia.