Posted on 02/02/2023 1:12:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
A convicted Italian mafia killer on the run since 2006 has been caught in France, having hidden in plain sight as a pizza chef for at least three years.
Edgardo Greco's capture in Saint-Étienne is the second high-profile mafia arrest by Italian authorities in a matter of weeks.
Matteo Messina Denaro had been on the run for 30 years, when he was detained on a visit to a clinic in Sicily.
Both men were wanted for carrying out grisly murders in the 1990s.
While Messina Denaro was the "boss of bosses" for Sicily's notorious Cosa Nostra, Greco was part of the 'Ndrangheta organised crime mob who originate from the Calabria region in Italy's deep south.
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Should have worked at a chinese buffet.
“Find Fabrizzio. Whoever finds Fabrizzio will have the finest pastures in Sicily.”
— Godfather, more or less
Cinnabon was already taken. In any event, just as well the law got to him, after what he did to Apollonia.
shouda immigrated to NYC.
he could be rockin out in a 5 star hotel with all the bene’s of coming to america
But how was the pizza?
That wasn’t tomato sauce.
I see what you did there.
Probably pissed off a girlfriend who dropped a dime on him.
Ha! I was just thinking about a clever way to bring in the plot of Better Call Saul!
Now the restaurant will have to hire back that Somalian.
Maybe he was wanted in Italy for crimes against pizza - like putting pineapple on it
Well, Somalia was part of Italy.
Interesting, I had no idea. Interesting reading
There’s a little hole-in-the-wall pizza shop in a strip mall near here. I’ve been in there once. My BIL and sister ordered a pizza from there when they were here. Other than that I don’t know a single (or married) person who has ordered from there in the 11 years I’ve lived here.
But he stays open. Only thing I can think of is mafia informant relocation deal.
Bingo
But he stays open. Only thing I can think of is mafia informant relocation deal.
Or money laundering. He's not busy because he doesn't need to be.
Ed Greco painting
Tight sphincters for the Karens that threatened bad reviews after complaining about their pizzas....when you realize life is so precious!
His stink eye is like my mother’s....southern Italian!
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