Italian Crime Boss Raduano, the ‘Fourth Mafia’ Head Who Escaped Maximum Security Prison by Scaling Down the Walls in Knotted Bedsheets, Is Rearrested in Corsica (VIDEO)
It was another chapter in a real-life story with all the best marks of classic mafia movies – such as daring escapes and exotic islands.
The Italian Police confirmed the arrest of high-profile fugitive Marco Raduano, head of a little-known organized crime syndicate in Foggia, in the southern Italian region of Puglia, known as the ‘Fourth Mafia’.
The 40-year-old mafia boss broke out of the high-security wing of Nuoro, in Sardinia, using the time-honored method of knotted bedsheets to scale down the prison walls.
His capture came as a relief for the authorities, since his escape meant significant embarrassment for the Italian Justice.
Raduano heads one of Italy’s most violent mafias, and was arrested on Thursday evening (1),
