One of three Romanians who
escaped from Florence's Sollicciano prison on February 20 was
caught in Switzerland on Wednesday, Florence prosecutors said.
The man, 25-year-old Danut Ciocan, was identified by
prosecutors at the French-Swiss border thanks to an old file
showing his contacts abroad, judicial sources said.
Prosecutors have already asked the justice ministry to
request the extradition of Ciocan, who is still has to serve a
jail term of one year, nine months and 12 days.
A national and international manhunt has been on since the
three staged the daring and spectacular break-out from the
Sollicciano prison in the Tuscan capital on the night of
February 20.
Investigators believe the inmates, suspected members of a
criminal organization specialized in theft who were arrested at
the beginning of February, fled aboard a car driven by an
accomplice who was waiting for them outside the prison north of
Florence.
Security was tightened at bus and train stations across
Italy.
The three men - identified as Ciocan Danut Costel, Bordeiano
Costel and Doncin Constantin Catalin - escaped by digging a hole
in a wall in their cell.
They then climbed down into a court and over the prison's
protective wall.
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