Naples crime boss is captured
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A fugitive Naples crime boss who built one of the most dangerous extortion and drug trafficking cartels has been captured, Italian authorities said.
Police had been on the trail of Edoardo Contini for more than a year and captured him on the outskirts of Naples.
Contini, 52, might have been one of the more careful fugitives to try to elude capture, according to reports by Italian news agencies. He had his aides buy him new underwear and socks to avoid having any laundry.
Sicilian “boss of bosses” Bernardo Provenzano was captured last year after decades on the run when police followed a package of freshly washed laundry being delivered to his hide-out.
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