An Italian mob suspect on the run for 11 years has been captured after being spotted celebrating a soccer team's win.
Hometown passion for this year's Italian soccer champions from Naples betrayed the hideout of a long-time crime fugitive, who was captured while riding a motor scooter on a Greek island, Italian police said over the weekend.
They didn't specify when his recent arrest was carried out, but said officers blocked him going down a Corfu street on a motor scooter. Greek police later said La Porta was arrested on Friday. Police in Corfu said he appeared before a prosecutor on Saturday and was ordered held in jail until a panel of appeals court judges rules on the extradition request. Italy wants him extradited to serve a prison sentence of 14 years and four months.
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