NAPLES: Vincenzo Mazzarella, the head of Italy's so-called Mazzarella crime gang, was arrested inside the Euro Disney theme park with help from French police after a month-long manhunt, Italian police said yesterday.
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The arrest of the wanted mobster, who once reportedly kept a leopard at his home in Naples, came amid a separate anti-mob sweep in Italy that resulted in 11 arrests and the confiscation of assets worth over 1 million euros, authorities said. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Mazzarella, 48, was described by police as one of the most important leaders of the Camorra – the Naples equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The Mediterranean port city of Naples has been gripped by mob violence claiming more than two dozen lives since October. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Mazzarella skipped out on parole in November. He is accused of mob association and money laundering. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The arrests of the other 11 Naples criminals, said to be part of the Pozzuoli clan, relate to crimes including extortion, false documents and theft.[/font]
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3133027a12,00.html
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The arrest of the wanted mobster, who once reportedly kept a leopard at his home in Naples, came amid a separate anti-mob sweep in Italy that resulted in 11 arrests and the confiscation of assets worth over 1 million euros, authorities said. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Mazzarella, 48, was described by police as one of the most important leaders of the Camorra – the Naples equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The Mediterranean port city of Naples has been gripped by mob violence claiming more than two dozen lives since October. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]Mazzarella skipped out on parole in November. He is accused of mob association and money laundering. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, MS Sans Serif]The arrests of the other 11 Naples criminals, said to be part of the Pozzuoli clan, relate to crimes including extortion, false documents and theft.[/font]
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3133027a12,00.html