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Arrest on Sylt (symbolic image)
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Around four months after his arrest on Sylt, a suspected mafia murderer was extradited to Italy.
According to the Italian authorities, the 45-year-old was taken by plane from Hamburg to Rome on Wednesday.
The man had worked as a fitness trainer on Sylt for years under a false name.
The man comes from the municipality of Scorzè near Venice, where he used to work as a butcher and salesman in a supermarket.
In hiding for years
In his home country he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder in 2003.
According to media reports, there was a connection to the Calabrian mafia 'Ndrangheta.
Accordingly, he has been wanted since 2020.
He managed to escape despite being under house arrest with an electronic bracelet.
He was wanted by the Italian authorities with a European arrest warrant.
Only after a long search was it possible to locate him on Sylt.
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