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Italian mafia boss, who fled prison using bed sheets, nabbed in France
The Italian mafia boss was dining in a restaurant with a young woman when the authorities arrested him in Aléria, France.
Italian mafia boss Marco Raduano, who fled from a prison in Sardinia using bed sheets in 2023, has been arrested in France. He was on the list of Europe’s most wanted criminals, maintained by Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union.
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According to a report by BBC, the 40-year-old mafia boss was serving a sentence of 24 years for drug trafficking and other crimes when he executed his daring escape from a high-security prison in France.
The act was also caught on camera. In the video, Raduano can be seen climbing down the prison wall using bed sheets before making a swift getaway.
Take a look at the video here:
The man was dining in a restaurant with a young woman when the authorities arrested him in Aléria. The police also arrested his right hand, Gianluigi Troiano, near Granada in southern Spain, reports the BBC.
According to The Guardian, Raduano is the head of the Gargano clan, operating within the ‘fifth mafia’, a relatively unknown criminal syndicate based in Foggia, Italy.
The video was shared a few hours ago on Instagram. Since then, it has accumulated over 5.9 million views, and the numbers are still increasing. Many even took to the comments section of the video to share their thoughts.
Check out a few comments here:
“Damn he said: ‘Works in the cartoons just might work here’ and pulled it off,” posted an individual.
Another added, “I thought they only can do it in movies.”
“No fence or barbed wire?” expressed a third.
A fourth commented, “That’s prison break right there. Tell me I’m lying.”
“Just like in movies,” expressed a fifth.
