'Ndrangheta, blitz of the Carabinieri of ROS: arrested in Sicily, a fugitive from Calabria [NAME]
Calabria, blitz of the Carabinieri of ROS in the evening of yesterday: arrested fugitive, prominent exponent of the 'Ndrangheta
22 August 2019 07:14 | Filomena Fotia

The Carabinieri del Ros and the colleagues of the provincial Commands of Catanzaro and Messina - with a blitz in an apartment in Giardini Naxos (Messina) - arrested Francesco Riitano , leading figure of the 'Ndrangheta , of the Gallace di Guardavalle (Catanzaro) clan yesterday evening .

The man, wanted for international drug trafficking and others, was the recipient of a precautionary measure issued at the request of the Milan anti-Mafia district attorney.

Francesco Riitano, alias “Cicciariello Andreacchio”, 39 years old, was having dinner with family members in a rented apartment in a tourist residence in Giardini Naxos: at the time of the raid he tried to improvise an escape, but was blocked by the military. He had a falsified Italian ID, driving license and passport.
An arrest warrant issued by the Court of Milan on 2 May 2017 was charged to Riitano for having " promoted, organized, constituted, financed, directed and participated in an association with a logistical base in Arluno (Milan) ".

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