Mafia, who has been hiding for 11 years, celebrates Napoli's Serie A victory
Hideout found in fan photos… Police: "Passion for football and Napoli betrayed him"
A felon on Italy's '100 Most Dangerous Bounty' list has been caught by police after being photographed enjoying his hometown team Napoli's Serie A championship. 카지노사이트
The Associated Press reported on the 6th (Korean time) that the Carabinieri military police, based in Naples, Italy, arrested Vincenzo Laporta, who is known to have close ties to the Neapolitan Mafia.
Known for being close to Naples' notorious 'Camorra Mafia', Laporta has already been convicted of organized crime, fraud and tax evasion.
Italian judicial authorities have put his name on the list of '100 most dangerous bounty' and have been focusing their efforts on arresting him.
However, Laporta has been on the run for 11 years, avoiding the investigation of the Italian judicial authorities.
Most recently, he worked as an assistant chef at an Italian restaurant on the island of Corfu, Greece.
No one noticed that he was actually a wanted felon.
However, his 'passion for football' caught his ankle.
On May 5, when Napoli won the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years, Laporta, who was overjoyed, came out to the balcony of the restaurant and waved a sky-blue muffler that symbolizes Napoli.
This scene was accidentally caught on a fan's phone camera and posted on social media.
The photo was also captured by the surveillance network of the Italian judicial authorities, and a joint arrest operation was carried out by the Italian military police and the Greek police.
Laporta was arrested on the 4th local time while riding a scooter leisurely on the road.
At the time of his arrest, local media reported that La Porta was leisurely enjoying the scenery of Corfu Island.
"Laporta couldn't stand when Napoli won the title.
His passion for football and for Napoli betrayed him," the Italian military police said in announcing their arrest.
Laporta is detained by the modern Greek police.
Having been sentenced to 14 years and 4 months in prison in Italy, he is refusing to be extradited.
"Laporta has started a new life with a new family in Greece.
He has a 9-year-old son, he also has a heart condition," Laporta's lawyer argued, adding that "if he is extradited, his family will be ruined."