Mafia boss Pasquale Scotti arrested in Brazil after 31 years on the run
Mafia boss Pasquale Scotti arrested in Brazil after 31 years on the run
Former leader of Camorra syndicate in Italy who is wanted for more than two dozen murders detained by police while taking his children to school in Recife
Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome
Tuesday 26 May 2015 15.11 EDT
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This photo released by Brazil’s Federal Police shows Italian Pasquale Scotti after his arrest in Recife, Brazil, on Tuesady. Photograph: AP
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After 31 years on the run, one of Italy’s most feared mafiosos has been arrested on a quiet street in north-eastern Brazil.
Pasquale Scotti, a leader of the Camorra syndicate who is wanted for more than two dozen murders, was detained by police while taking his children to school in Recife.
Police believe his Brazilian family were unaware of his identity, which was exposed by Interpol through fingerprint examination.
He had been living under the false name Francisco de Castro Visconti. Reinventing himself as a businessman, he had local identity papers, registered as a voter and partly owned a nightclub and food import business.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/26/italian-mafia-boss-pasquale-scotti-arrested-brazil
