An Italian mafia boss -- who had been on the run for 30 years -- has been arrested in Brazil, the Euro News website reports today (May 27, 2015).
Pasquale Scotti was captured in the northeast city of Recife in a joint operation with INTERPOL (International Police).
The 56-year-old -- who is half Brazilian -- was convicted in absentia for the illegal possession of firearms and more than 20 homicides. The Italian authorities have begun extradition proceedings against him.
Scotti was the boss of the Camorra mafia group in Naples and was arrested in a shootout in 1983. But he escaped from a hospital, and despite multiple raids Italian police were unable to find him.
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