MMD was "Helped by the Sicilian bourgeoisie", there has certainly been an important slice of the bourgeoisie who has helped Messina Denaro over the years and our investigations are now focusing on this". This was declared by the prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia who announced sweeping investigations aimed at identifying who helped him all those years.

He would have been vaccinated 3 times against covid at the Castelvetrano vaccination hub as a fragile subject. The first dose was administered on March 18, 2021.

At the end of the press conference it was confirmed that Matteo Messina Denaro "will undergo chemotherapy in an appropriate facility in the coming days".