
ANSA) – Catanzaro, February 19 - Italian police in Germany say they arrested a main member of the Ndrangheta mafia Davide Sestito, accused of murder and mafia association and at large since 2011.
Police believe he is a feared figure in the ’Ndrangheta Procopio-Tripodi’ who is wanted for allegedly whacking out the brother of a murdered mafia rival and his wife
In a close call, Sestito escaped being caught during 2011 roundups dubbed Operation Showdown when 40 members of the mafia in Calabria were captured
In December, Police discovered he was in
Spain and was planning a trip with his wife. Through secret survielence, the two were watched unwaveringly until his capture in a train station near Stuttgart. Read
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