{"id":18913,"date":"2021-05-25T06:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18913"},"modified":"2021-05-25T06:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:44:56","slug":"rocco-morabito-italian-fugitive-arrested-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/05\/25\/rocco-morabito-italian-fugitive-arrested-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocco Morabito: Italian fugitive arrested in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brazilian police have arrested fugitive Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito in the north-eastern city of Jo\u00e3o Pessoa.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Known as the &#8220;cocaine king of Milan&#8221;, the suspected head of the &#8216;Ndrangheta crime gang has been one of Italy&#8217;s most wanted fugitives since 1994.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Morabito was arrested in Uruguay in 2017, but escaped from jail two years later while awaiting extradition to Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>He has been sentenced to 30 years in absentia by an Italian court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-48750218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian mafia boss escapes from Uruguayan prison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Morabito was arrested at a hotel on Monday, the Brazilian justice ministry said in a statement. Two other foreigners, including another Italian, were also arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The ministry said Morabito &#8220;was considered the second most wanted criminal in Italy and accused of involvement with the &#8216;Ndrangheta, considered one of the largest and most powerful criminal organisations in the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>According to Italian news agency Ansa, the arrest was part of a joint operation involving Italian authorities, as well as the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the FBI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Morabito was previously arrested while staying in a hotel in Uruguay&#8217;s capital, Montevideo, in 2017. He had been living in a luxury villa near the resort town of Punta del Este, east of the capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>He and three other inmates managed to escape through a hole in the prison roof in 2019, a scandal that prompted the resignation of Uruguay&#8217;s prison chief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The &#8216;Ndrangheta are the most powerful mafia in Italy and are believed to control the supply of huge amounts of cocaine entering Europe from South America and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Earlier this year, hundreds of suspected members of the &#8216;Ndrangheta group went on trial as part of\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-55633091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy&#8217;s largest mafia trial in decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-57239520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Brazilian police have arrested fugitive Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito in the north-eastern city of Jo\u00e3o Pessoa. 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