Santo Vottari, a
45-year-old 'Ndrangheta boss on Italy's most-wanted list, was
arrested by Carabinieri police on Wednesday in a bunker in the
Reggio Calabria area, sources said.
Vottari is considered the head of a clan that was involved
in the San Luca feud, principally between the Pelle-Vottari and
Nirta-Strangio clans, which culminated in a 2007 massacre in the
German city of Duisburg in which six people were murdered.
Vottari had been on the run since 2007 and must serve a
10-year term for criminal association.
The fugitive boss was found inside a hide-out carved out
inside a bunker in the Calabrian town of Benestare.
Interior Minister Marco Minniti complimented police on their
"excellent" work.
Carabinieri Commander-in-Chief Tullio Del Sette congratulated
police on Vottari's arrest and on that of two members of another
'Ndrangheta clan, Salvatore Etzi and Salvatore Palumbo, which he
said had "inflicted a heavy blow" on the Calabrian mafia.
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