Rocco Morabito, the second most-wanted fugitive in Italy and a bigwig in the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia, was flown to Rome on Wednesday after being extradited from Brazil ending some 28 years on the run.
Morabito, who was arrested in Brazil in May 2021, will now serve a 30-year prison sentence for various drug offences.
The interior ministry said Morabito had been included in its “special search programme” for absconded criminals. Italy's number one fugitive is Matteo Messina Denaro, a boss of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia who has been on the run since 1993. The 'Ndrangheta is based in the southern region of Calabria, the toe of Italy's boot, and has surpassed Cosa Nostra to become the most powerful mafia group in the country — and one of the largest crime gangs in the world.
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