A Caravaggio masterpiece stolen from a Palermo church in over fifty years ago, was kept for ransom in the house of mafia boss Gaetano Badalamenti, according to the revelation found in a video of Monsignor Rocco Benedetto who died in 2003.
Italian police is trying to locate the masterpiece and return it to San Lorenzo church in Palermo.
Blackart's project manager Andrea Candiani tells the story.
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