A member of the Calabria-based
'Ndrangheta mafia who had been on the run for seven years has
been arrested by Indonesian police at Bali airport after being
tracked down with the help of Italy's Carabinieri police, the
force said on Wednesday.
Antonio Strangio, 32, was hit by an Interpol Red Notice and
detained after landing.
Allegedly linked to the San Luca 'Ndrangheta clan, he is wanted
over accusations of narcotic production and trafficking, with
the use of mafia methods an aggravating factor.
His case is related to the Eclissi operation that led to the
arrest of 11 people in July 2015.
Strangio fled Italian Italian justice in 2016 and went to
Australia where, with the help of the fact he has dual
Italian-Australia citizenship, he was able to avoid extradition.
His arrest took place on February 2 but the authorities did not
make the news public until now.
The news comes just days after "'Ndrangheta chef" Edgardo Greco,
who had been on the run for 17 years, was arrested in Saint
Etienne, France.
Greco is set to serve a life sentence for two murders.
Strangio's arrest takes the number of Italian fugitives arrested
around the world up to 42 in under three years.
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