Spanish police said on Monday they had arrested three “extremely dangerous” mafia members in Italy for crimes including attempted murder, arms trafficking and money laundering.
Police report the suspects said he was “one of the clan leaders of a dangerous family” of the Neapolitan Camorra, his son, and his son-in-law, without naming the three.
They were recently held in the southern Spanish coastal town of Marbella, where many members of international criminal gangs have settled in recent years. Police video posted on social media, showing separate officers supporting the three suspects who appeared to be in handcuffs.
The investigation began when the Spanish police found out that the leader of the clan, who wants money, had fled to Spain from Italy.
He was tracked down to a house in Marbella full of “extensive security features” which he almost never left, according to the report.
Police first arrested the son, who has a 30-year prison sentence and is accused of attempted murder and arms trafficking, when he left the house to enter the center the town
The police said that before his arrest, the son made several evasive moves to try not to be found by the police.
Then on Sunday, police caught the crime boss and his son-in-law as they were leaving their fortified home, the statement said.
The latter has been sentenced to 20 years on charges of drug trafficking and tobacco smuggling.
“Within the Neapolitan Camorra, those arrested are considered 'men of honor' because they adhere to a strict code of conduct,” police said in a statement. press release.
The operation was carried out with the help of the Italian police.
Last October, Italian police announced the arrest of Luigi Belvedere in Colombia, a fugitive accused of being a mediator between the Latin American country. drug cartels and the Neapolitan mafia. In announcing his arrest, Italian police release a photo Belvedere visits a grave Pablo Escobar, the founder and leader of the Medellin cartel, who was killed by the police in 1993.
