A fugitive member of
the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta mafia was caught in Germany
Wednesday.
Antonio Strangio, 38, had been on the run since December 28,
2012, after violating a mandatory residence requirement.
He was arrested at Moers near Duisburg.
He now faces 19 months in jail for fictitious registration of
property after it emerged from investigations into the so-called
'Dusiburg massacre' that he had acted as a front man for the
'Ndrangheta's Pelle-Vanchelli clan.
The 2007 massacre in the peaceful German city was the
culmination of a feud between the rival Pelle-Vottari and
Nirta-Strangio clans.
Six people were murdered in the shooting, putting
'Ndrangheta, Italy's richest and most powerful mafia thanks to
its control of the European cocaine market, in the global
spotlight.
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