Alleged Italian mobster-drug kingpin detained in Brazil
ROME — A fugitive ‘ndrangheta Italian crime clan boss, accused of international drug trafficking, was taken into custody at a Brazil airport, authorities said Saturday.
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti hailed the arrest on Friday of Vincenzo Macri, whom he described as a top boss of the Commisso crime clan, based in Siderno, Calabria.
Macri’s two years on the run ended when he showed authorities an identity document using a false name at Sao Paulo airport on Friday.
Italian media said Macri, 52, had planned to fly to Caracas, Venezuela, where he is believed to have been living. The reports described him as playing a role as a broker in international cocaine deals for the ‘ndrangheta, one of the world’s leading cocaine traffickers.