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France arrests fugitive Italian mafia killer found posing as pizza chef

A convicted Italian killer, believed to belong to one of Italy's most powerful mafia organisations, was arrested in France on Thursday after 16 years on the run, according to international police agency Interpol.

Radio France Internationale

Italian mob suspect held in France after 16 years on the run

Interpol says police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ’ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years

The Independent UK

Factbox-Matteo Messina Denaro: what's next for the Italian mafia after boss's arrest?

Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal Sicilian Mafia boss who was Italy's most wanted criminal before his capture last week, had been on the run for 30 years. Here are some key facts about his arrest and what it means:

Reuters

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Life of Mafia boss who boasted he killed so many people he 'filled cemetery by himself'

Messina Denaro was captured at a clinic in Palermo, Italy, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, the head of the police force's special operations squad confirmed

Daily Mirror

Italy police arrest woman mafia boss, 48 others in raid outside Milan

Police arrested 49 suspected mobsters in a raid on the outskirts of Milan on Tuesday, including five women, one of whom is accused of leading a local unit of the fearsome 'Ndrangheta mafia.

Reuters

Italian mafia kingpin captured in Argentina - police

Argentina's federal police arrested a top Italian mobster on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the security agency said in a statement Monday, bringing a years-long manhunt to an end.

Reuters

Mafia syndicate linked to torture and murder arrested across Ibiza, Malaga and Tenerife

Spanish police arrested 32 suspects in connection with large scale drug trafficking and money laundering

Liverpool Echo

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Don Hiding: Boss Seized After Two Years On The Run

Mobster Vittorio Raso is a high-ranking member of the ruthless 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate based in southern Italy.

Zenger

Murder suspect arrested in Greece as cocaine cartel smashed

The men arrested in Greece are said to be at the top of a major international cartel

Liverpool Echo

A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the 'ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia

In a recent media release, Australian Federal Police said:

The Conversation

'Puzzling' arrests as Liverpool suspects turn up in Italian and Albanian mafia turf

The men are suspected of involvement in the highest echelons of organised crime in Europe

Liverpool Echo

AFP targeting Italian mafia figures in next phase of AN0M probe

An AFP investigation reveals the infamous 'Ndrangheta and other Italian crime gangs are allegedly "flooding Australia with illicit drugs" and laundering billions of dollars in the country.

ABC News

For decades a ruthless mafia has ruled in southern Italy. Now the state is fighting back

In the southern Italian province of Vibo Valencia, the mafia rules. Now a prosecutor the mafia wants dead is trying to free it from their grip.

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