Italian prosecutors and police on Tuesday cheered the capture in Brazil of a leading mafia boss who has skirted justice in Italy for nearly 30 years. Rocco Morabito, number two on the Italian interior ministry's most dangerous fugitives list, was arrested Monday in northeast Brazil. His capture came almost two years after his audacious escape from a prison in Uruguay, where he was awaiting extradition to Italy. He and the other 'Ndrangheta fugitive arrested, Vincenzo Pasquino, were being transported Tuesday from San Paolo to Brasilia, Italian authorities said. Investigations begun immediately after his prison escape in 2019 indicated that Morabito was in Brazil, said Pasquale Angelosanto, commander of Italy's carabinieri special operations unit, which deals with organised crime.

Source: News 24 May 25, 2021 16:40 UTC