'Top Mafia boss' caught in Italy Provenzano had been on the run for more than half his life The man considered to be the head of the Sicilian Mafia, Bernardo Provenzano, has been arrested after more than four decades on the run. Italian police said 73-year-old Provenzano, deemed the country's most wanted man, was arrested near his home town of Corleone in Sicily. He was sentenced in his absence to life in prison for a string of murders. Police believe he took over command of the Mafia after the 1993 arrest of ex-boss Salvatore "Toto" Riina. Provenzano's capture is an important victory for law and order in Sicily, where the police still fight Mafia crime on a daily basis, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome. Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi expressed his delight over the arrest to Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu, a statement from the presidential palace said. "His capture is an exceptionally important success because it makes it possible to hand over to justice the present head of Cosa Nostra [the Sicilian Mafia] and put an end to a flight that has lasted too long," Sicilian judges said in a joint statement. Legendary figure Provenzano, nicknamed U Tratturi (The Tractor), has been on the run for more than half his life. Police say he was arrested in the countryside near Corleone, where he was born and where his wife and children live. Corleone was made famous in the Hollywood film about the Mafia, The Godfather, and gave its name to the fictional family in the trilogy. Police said Provenzano was wearing a blue jacket and jeans and put up no resistance when he was arrested. Onlookers shouted "Assassin" and "-------" when he was later brought to police headquarters in the Sicilian capital, Palermo. Provenzano's disguises and daring are legendary, our correspondent says. He devised a personal protection system to escape arrest and never communicated with his friends except by written notes carried by trusted lieutenants, our correspondent says. Many times, police announced they were on the point of tracking him down, but he always appeared to escape at the last moment. Source- <a href=\'http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4898930.stm\' target=\'_blank\'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4898930.stm</a> Pretty interesting. It amazses me though how he was able to hide half of his life. At least they got him... :/
yea another guy will take his place. I've always found this stuff very interesting... it's really no win for the law at all. It's just another reason for the Mafia to kill more police.
Meh this boss is gay though...Sicily is considered white trash in Italy. Nobody cares. And yes someone younger will take his place and jsut kill even more
they caught him but another guy will take his place like he took someone elses place and so on, it wont end
indeed. that person will be emeril lagasi..man his food is soo good it stops your heart..now that is deadly :|
someone else will take his place, and its pretty wierd, my friend actually has family members in the mafia
The guy is 73.. he's gonna croak in a few years.. Wow, took them long enough.. I guess justice will be served... partially... eh..
