SorcererMickey
December 19th, 2004, 06:16
Italian mob boss arrested outside Euro Disney
18 December 2004
NAPLES: Vincenzo Mazzarella, the head of Italy's so-called Mazzarella crime gang, was arrested inside the Euro Disney theme park with help from French police after a month-long manhunt, Italian police said yesterday.
The arrest of the wanted mobster, who once reportedly kept a leopard at his home in Naples, came amid a separate anti-mob sweep in Italy that resulted in 11 arrests and the confiscation of assets worth over 1 million euros, authorities said.
Mazzarella, 48, was described by police as one of the most important leaders of the Camorra – the Naples equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia.
The Mediterranean port city of Naples has been gripped by mob violence claiming more than two dozen lives since October.
Mazzarella skipped out on parole in November. He is accused of mob association and money laundering.
The arrests of the other 11 Naples criminals, said to be part of the Pozzuoli clan, relate to crimes including extortion, false documents and theft.
18 December 2004
NAPLES: Vincenzo Mazzarella, the head of Italy's so-called Mazzarella crime gang, was arrested inside the Euro Disney theme park with help from French police after a month-long manhunt, Italian police said yesterday.
The arrest of the wanted mobster, who once reportedly kept a leopard at his home in Naples, came amid a separate anti-mob sweep in Italy that resulted in 11 arrests and the confiscation of assets worth over 1 million euros, authorities said.
Mazzarella, 48, was described by police as one of the most important leaders of the Camorra – the Naples equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia.
The Mediterranean port city of Naples has been gripped by mob violence claiming more than two dozen lives since October.
Mazzarella skipped out on parole in November. He is accused of mob association and money laundering.
The arrests of the other 11 Naples criminals, said to be part of the Pozzuoli clan, relate to crimes including extortion, false documents and theft.