the run in Corsica of an Italian mafioso

Arrest of Marco Raduano, in , photo distributed by the press service of the “carabinieri” (Italian gendarmes), February 2, 2024. HANDOUT/AFP

« Angel face » didn't need words to tell his own legend. It was with weapons in hand that this 41-year-old man established himself as the leader of the mafia clan of Vieste, a seaside town in northern Puglia, Italy, where he acquired a reputation as a merciless killer and was sentenced to twenty-four years in prison for his criminal activities.

In recent months, however, behind the closed doors of several ultra-secure detention centers, Marco Raduano, requesting the status of collaborator of justice, was ordered to deliver his confessions as a murderer to a judge. A dizzying mission that the “boss” inflicts on himself: if he wants to be registered as “repentant” and hope for a reduction in his sentence, he must not omit any detail. Particularly regarding the twelve months he has just spent on the run, from February 24, 2023 to February 1is February 2024, after escaping from a prison in Sardinia (Italy). He was then the most wanted man in Italy.

You have 90.61% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.

-

-

PREV French foreign minister rejects Algeria’s “unfounded” accusations
NEXT Thousands of Syrians take to the streets to celebrate the victory of the revolution”