'Captain Ultimo', a police officer
who became a cult hero but was accused of not doing enough to
catch Cosa Nostra boss of bosses Totò Riina, returned to duty as
a Carabinieri officer Thursday after some time with the secret
service.
Sergio De Caprio, 56, who arrested Riina in January 1993 and
was cleared of not ordering a search of his lair, said he had
always "acted correctly".
De Caprio, whose code name was Captain Ultimo, became a
national hero after Riina's arrest and found himself the
subject of books and even a smash-hit television series.
De Caprio's return to the Carabinieri police was linked to an
ongoing probe into graft at the civil service procurement agency
CONSIP, sources said.
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