Italy seizes $232m in Mafia assets tied to Cosa Nostra

Drug proceeds laundered across Europe and beyond

Authorities target offshore wealth tied to notorious Sicilian mob boss after death

Italian authorities have seized over $232 million in assets linked to the late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro’s drug trafficking network

Announcing their results in Sicily on Thursday, investigators released a video showing masked police officers, some in riot gear, barging down doors and scaling walls to raid a series of vast luxury villas surrounded by palm tree-lined lawns.