MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - In a...
A boss of Camorra"s Nuvoletta clan, 49-year-old Luigi Esposito, was regarded as one of the 30 most dangerous criminals in Italy. He has been on the run since 2003. In 2006 he was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison for drug trafficking and association with organized crime.
Esposito was arrested at his luxury villa in Naples on Saturday, where he lived under a false name.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni praised the detention as an "another important step" to combat the organized crime in the country, the paper said.
Last week, Italian police arrested three brothers who headed another Camorra clan, Russo. Pasquale Russo, 62, was arrested Sunday morning in the vicinity of the city of Avellino together with his 47-year-old brother Carmine.
One of the 10 most wanted mafia fugitives in Italy, Pasquale Russo has been convicted to life imprisonment several times for Camorra association and numerous murders. He had been on the run since 1993.