Mafia boss Giovanni Tegano arrested in Italy | World news | The Guardian: "veteran mafia member who was among Italy's 30 most wanted fugitives has been arrested after 17 years on the run, police said today.
Giovanni Tegano, 70, of the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group in Calabria, had been sentenced to life in his absence for his part in a turf war in the 1980s that left scores dead.
Police said he was arrested on Monday at a house in the hills surrounding Reggio Calabria, the regional capital.
The interior minister, Roberto Maroni, said the arrest was the 'hardest blow that could be dealt' to the 'Ndrangheta, which is linked to crime around the world."
Giovanni Tegano, 70, of the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group in Calabria, had been sentenced to life in his absence for his part in a turf war in the 1980s that left scores dead.
Police said he was arrested on Monday at a house in the hills surrounding Reggio Calabria, the regional capital.
The interior minister, Roberto Maroni, said the arrest was the 'hardest blow that could be dealt' to the 'Ndrangheta, which is linked to crime around the world."

