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Wanted Mafia boss ran London travel agency
An Italian Mafia boss has been arrested after nearly two decades on the run when police found him running a travel agency in London.
Domenico Rancadore, apparently living under the alias Marc Skinner, was arrested on Wednesday evening in a suburban street, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
Rancadore was held to appear later at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for an extradition hearing.
The 64-year-old is wanted by the Italian authorities and was sentenced to seven years in prison by the courts in Sicily for links to Mafia group Cosa Nostra after he disappeared in 1994.
Italian Police say he was involved in extortion, racketeering and drug trafficking.
Rancadore has an English wife and two children and was running a travel agency called Executive Travel in Uxbridge, near Heathrow Airport.
A statement from the Italian Interior Ministry said: "Accused of crimes of mafia-style association, extortion and other serious offences and sought since 1994, multiple previous offender Rancadore Domenico, 64, from Parlermo, was arrested yesterday in London by British police.
"The operation was made possible thanks to the investigative data provided by the Central Operations Service and the Mobile Squad, allowing British investigators, with the help of the service for International Police Cooperation, to locate where the fugitive was hiding.
"Rancadore ran a travel agency in the British capital and led a comfortable life. Several cooperating witnesses have referred to him as a leading member of the Palermo Mafia ‘family’, with a senior managerial role in the Caccamo ‘commandment’. In particular, in the 1990s, he played the role of chief of the Cosa Nostra in Trabia, Palermo.
"The operation is the result of the important relationship of international police cooperation ensured through Interpol."
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