{"id":15525,"date":"2022-02-13T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/mafia-boss-brought-back-after-20-years-on-the-run"},"modified":"2022-02-13T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:45:08","slug":"mafia-boss-brought-back-after-20-years-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mafia-boss-brought-back-after-20-years-on-the-run","title":{"rendered":"Mafia boss brought back after 20 years on the run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span> Investigators have brought one of the most wanted Mafia bosses in Italy back to the country, almost 20 years after his escape from prison.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Sicilian Mafia, Stidda, landed at Rome&#8217;s Fiumicino airport on Friday. He was immediately taken to a high-security prison, according to the anti-Mafia police DIA.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish authorities arrested the man in December in Madrid, where he had been hiding for years under a false name. He was identified in an image taken from Google Maps in the Spanish town of Galapagar at a fruit and vegetable stand. The Mafia boss from the Agrigento area was jailed for a murder in 1989, but escaped in 2002 during filming work at Rome&#8217;s Rebibbia prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Investigators have brought one of the most wanted Mafia bosses in Italy back to the country, almost 20 years after his escape from prison. The head of the Sicilian Mafia, Stidda, landed at Rome&#8217;s Fiumicino airport on Friday. 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