'Ndrangheta fugitive arrested in France after 17 yrs on the run

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 2 - A member of the powerful transnational Calabrian based 'Ndrangheta mafia who had been on the run for 17 years was arrested in France Thursday, local police and Carabinieri said.
    Carabinieri arrested Edgardo Greco, a fugitive from justice since 2006 for a double 'Ndrangheta murder in Cosenza in 1991 for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, in Saint Etienne.
    A European arrest warrant issued by the Catanzaro Public Prosecutor's Office was pending against Greco.
    Greco was identified and arrested by the Carabinieri paramilitary police of the Cosenza Operations Department as part of an investigation coordinated by the Catanzaro District Anti-Mafia Directorate.
    An extradition request will now be made, judicial sources said.
    (ANSA).