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Police arrest suspected Calabrian mafia boss

Sunday 10 May 2009

Salvatore Coluccio, one of Italy's 30 most dangerous fugitives, was arrested by police on Sunday. Authorities believe he is the head of a powerful mafia crime family in the region of Calabria.

Sunday 10 May 2009

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AFP - Italian police arrested Sunday the suspected head of a mafia crime family in the southern region of Calabria.
  
Salvatore Coluccio, who had been on the run for four years, was found hiding in a special bunker equipped with an electric generator, an air conditioning system and a large stock of food, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.
  
Coluccio, who figured on a list of Italy's 30 most dangerous fugitives, was arrested in Roccella Ionica, a small Calabrian town on the Ionian Sea, police said.
  
Coluccio and his brother Giuseppe, who was arrested last August in Canada, are believed to head a powerful crime family for the mafia in Calabria, who are known as the 'Ndrangheta.
  
The pair are suspected of masterminding a vast drug-trafficking network between South America and Calabria, according to ANSA.
  
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni issued a statement after Coluccio's arrest thanking police for the "important operation."
  
Following his arrest in a Toronto suburb, Giuseppe Coluccio was extradited to Italy.


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