RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian police have arrested fugitive Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito in the north-eastern city of João Pessoa.
Known as the “cocaine king of Milan”, the suspected head of the ‘Ndrangheta crime gang has been one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives since 1994.
Morabito was arrested in Uruguay in 2017, but escaped from jail two years later while awaiting extradition to Italy.
He has been sentenced to 30 years in absentia by an Italian court.
Morabito was arrested at a hotel on Monday, the Brazilian justice ministry said in a statement. Two other foreigners, including another Italian, were also arrested.(BBC)
