'Ndrangheta boss Domenico Cracolici arrested: captured in a cottage after 13 months on the run
He had escaped the maxi-operation "Rinascita-Scott" and also the precautionary custody order of last July: his escape ended last night, when the carabinieri surprised him in his sleep inside his hiding place in the countryside of Maida . He was included in the list of the 100 most dangerous wanted men in Italy
by Lucio Musolino | JANUARY 29, 2021
On 19 December 2019 he had escaped the maxi-operation " Rinascita-Scott " against the Mancuso clan and the other 'Ndrangheta families of Vibo Valentia . On July 21, he also avoided the precautionary custody order issued against him as part of the “ Taxation †operation. After 13 months, the hiding of Domenico Cracolici , 39 years old and boss of the homonymous gang that controls the territory of Maierato and Filogaso , in the Vibonese area , ended tonight . Coordinated by the district management of Catanzaro, the carabinieri of the company of Serra San Bruno, of the investigative unit of Vibo and of the Hunters Helicopter Squadron have captured him in an isolated cottage in the countryside of Maida .
Domenico Cracolici was a fugitive on the list of the 100 most dangerous wanted men in Italy. The investigations, led by the prosecutor Nicola Gratteri and his prosecutors, made it possible to trace him and identify an area within which the investigators considered probable the presence of Cracolici, considered the clan leader who had the "responsibility for managing relations and the balance with the other 'Ndrangheta groups in the area â€. Together with his cousin, Francesco Cracolici , in fact, according to the magistrates, the fugitive maintained "contacts with the other components of the 'Ndrangheta and with the members of his own family".
Basically, according to the investigators, the fugitive arrested tonight and his cousin had taken the place of their parents, the bosses Alfredo and Raffaele Cracolici , victims in the feud against the Bonavota . In fact, between 2002 and 2004, Domenico and Francesco Cracolici "organized the armed reaction " against the opposing clan with which relations were then recomposed . Of the fugitive, the collaborator of justice Bartolomeo Arena said that he is a “subject engaged in illegal activities, drug trafficking and has maintained links with criminals who were linked to his father. He is to be considered the referent of the Maierato area. The Cracolici are historically linked to Mancuso , especially Peppe 'Mbroglia' and maintain relationships with Bonavota facade, which they really hate because they killed their parents. "
According to the DDA, the search for the fugitive was difficult due to the extreme mobility of Cracolici who, throughout 2020, managed to move on an area he knew well, covering his tracks and engaging the investigators in an exhausting hunt. to man. In recent months, however, there has been a turning point in the investigation. Carabinieri and anti-mafia pool had identified the area in which he was moving and in the last hours they had found the hiding place where Domenico Cracolici was surprised in his sleep, only to be accompanied to the prison of Vibo Valentia .
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