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A convicted killer who was a member of the 'Ndrangheta organized crime mob was arrested in France after spending 16 years on the run from Italian authorities.
Edgardo Greco, 63, was convicted of murderingĀ StefanoĀ andĀ Giuseppe BartolomeoĀ in the 1990s during a mafia war between two rival gangs and sentenced to life in prison. Greco is also accused of attempting to murderĀ Emiliano Mosciaro.
Greco managed to escape temporary police custody in 2006 and has been on the run ever since.
On Wednesday (February 2), INTERPOL announced that Greco had been arrested in Saint-Etienne, France, with the help of multiple law enforcement agencies from Italy and France.
According to theĀ BBC,Ā Greco moved to Saint-Etienne in 2016Ā and changed his name toĀ Paolo Dimitrio. He eventually got a job as a pizza maker at a local restaurant and was even featured in a local newspaper article in 2021.
"No matter how hard fugitives try to slip into a quiet life abroad, they cannot evade justice forever. Dedicated officers around the world will always ensure that justice is served,"Ā JĆ¼rgen Stock, INTERPOL Secretary General, said in a statement.