Italian law enforcement officials working with Interpol, the global police organization, have in the past decade aggressively pursued the group’s affiliates, the country’s biggest and most influential mafia organization. In one case this week, officials detained one man as he was reportedly being treated for covid-19 at a Portuguese hospital. Although the town is a popular destination for Italian tourists, Biart and his wife kept their distance from their countrymen. ADIn their free time, however, they appeared to have uploaded several cooking tutorials for Italian recipes to YouTube, including ones where Biart’s tattoos were visible. ADThe fugitive arrested in a Lisbon hospital this week, Francesco Pelle, had been convicted in one such case.

Source: Washington Post March 30, 2021 10:26 UTC