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List of most wanted fugitives in Italy

List of most wanted fugitives in Italy

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The list of most wanted fugitives in Italy is a most wanted list published by the Italian Interior Ministry. It includes criminals who are considered extremely dangerous by the Polizia di Stato.[1] The list was started in July 1992.[2] There are also lists of 100 and 500 most wanted fugitives of lesser importance. When a fugitive is caught, they are promptly removed from the list and replaced by another individual.

The list

Anonima sarda

Camorra

Cosa Nostra

Removed from the list

1992

  • Giuseppe "Piddu" Madonia (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 6 September 1992.[3]
  • Raffaele Stolder (Camorra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 10 September 1992.[4]
  • Carmine Alfieri (Camorra), arrested on 11 September 1992.[5]
  • Domenico Libri ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 17 September 1992.[6]
  • Matteo Nicolò Boe (Sardinian banditry) arrested on 13 October 1992.[7]

1993

1994

  • Giuseppe Graviano (Cosa Nostra), arrested 27 January 1994.[17][18]
  • Santo Araniti ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1983, arrested on 24 May 1994.[19]
  • Lorenzo Tinnirello (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 27 August 1994.[20]
  • Michelangelo La Barbera (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 3 December 1994.[21]

1995

  • Eugenio Galea (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 13 January 1995.[22]
  • Leoluca Bagarella (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 24 June 1995.[23]
  • Antonio Strangio ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 26 August 1995.[24]
  • Salvatore Cristaldi (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 7 October 1995.[25]

1996

  • Salvatore Cucuzza (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 5 May 1996.[26]
  • Giovanni Brusca (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 20 May 1996.[27][28]
  • Giorgio De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 1 July 1996.[29]
  • Nicola Arena ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 6 July 1996.[30]
  • Carlo Greco (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 26 July 1996.[31]
  • Marzio Sepe (Camorra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 6 September 1996.[32]

1997

  • Mariano Asaro (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 18 April 1997.[33]
  • Michele Mercadante (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 18 April 1997.[33]
  • Giuseppe Polverino (Camorra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 21 May 1997.[34]
  • Pietro Aglieri (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1989, arrested on 6 June 1997.[35]
  • Giuseppe La Mattina (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 6 June 1997.[35]
  • Girolamo Molè ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 12 July 1997.[36]
  • Mario Fabbrocino (Camorra), wanted since 1988, arrested on 3 September 1997, in Buenos Aires (Argentina).[37]

1998

  • Vito Vitale (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 14 April 1998.[38]
  • Pino Guastella (Cosa Nostra), arrested on 24 May 1998.[39]
  • Francesco Schiavone "Sandokan" (Camorra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 11 July 1998.[40]
  • Mariano Tullio Troia (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 15 September 1998.[41]
  • Diego Burzotta (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1994, arrested on 14 October 1998.[42]
  • Francesco Messina Denaro (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1990, died of natural causes, body found on 30 November 1998.[43]
  • Pino Cammarata (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1991, arrested on 4 December 1998.[44]

1999

  • Salvatore Di Ganci (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 29 January 1999.[45]
  • Giuseppe Piromalli ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 11 March 1999.[46][47]
  • Bachisio Franco Goddi (Sardinian banditry), arrested on 13 July 1999.[48]

2000

  • Francesco Mallardo (Camorra), arrested on 14 April 2000.[49]
  • Gennaro Sacco (Camorra), wanted since 1999, arrested on 19 April 2000.[50]
  • Antonio Libri ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 23 May 2000.[51]
  • Ferdinando Cesarano (Camorra), wanted since 1998, arrested on 10 June 2000.[52]
  • Salvatore Genovese (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 12 October 2000.[53]
  • Francesco Prudentino (Sacra Corona Unita), wanted since 1995, arrested on 22 December 2000.[54]
  • Erminia Giuliano (Camorra), sister of Luigi Giuliano wanted since 2000, arrested on 24 December 2000.[55]

2001

  • Benedetto Spera (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1971, arrested on 30 January 2001.[56]
  • Vincenzo Virga (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1994, arrested on 21 February 2001.[57]
  • Angelo Nuvoletta (Camorra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 17 May 2001.[58]
  • Gaetano Santaiti ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 20 May 2001.[59]
  • Vito Di Emidio (Sacra Corona Unita), wanted since 1995, arrested on 29 May 2001.[60]
  • Maria Licciardi (Camorra), wanted since 1999, arrested on 14 June 2001.[61]
  • Carmine De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 9 December 2001.[62]
  • Giuseppe Barbaro ('Ndrangheta), arrested on 10 December 2001.[63]

2002

  • Antonino Giuffrè (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 16 April 2002.[64]
  • Giuseppe Balsano (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1993, arrested on 21 May 2002.[65]
  • Luigi Facchineri ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1987, arrested on 31 August 2002, in Cannes (France).[66]

2003

  • Andrea Manciaracina (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1992, arrested on 31 January 2003.[67]
  • Salvatore Rinella (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, arrested on March 6, 2003.[68]
  • Filippo Cerfeda (Sacra Corona Unita), wanted since 2001, arrested on 12 March 2003, in Ridderkerk (Netherlands).[69]
  • Francesco Mallardo (Camorra), re-arrested on 28 August 2003.[70]
  • Giovanni Bonomo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1996, arrested on 14 November 2003.[71]

2004

  • Giuseppe Morabito ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1992, arrested on 18 February 2004.[72]
  • Orazio De Stefano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1988, arrested on 22 February 2004.[73]
  • Francesco Schiavone "Cicciariello" (Camorra), wanted since 2002, arrested on 13 March 2004, in Poland.[74]
  • Roberto Pannunzi ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1999, arrested on 5 April 2004, in Madrid (Spain) with his son Alessandro Pannunzi.[75]
  • Vito Roberto Palazzolo (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1986, removed from the list on 23 April 2004, when his arrest warrant was revoked. On July 5, 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison for Mafia association, but he has not been re-instated on the list of most wanted fugitives.[76][77][78] Palazzolo was arrested on 30 March 2012 in Bangkok (Thailand)[79] and extradited to Italy on 19 December 2013.[80]
  • Vito Bigione (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1995, arrested on 27 May 2004, in Caracas (Venezuela).[81][82]
  • Pasquale Tegano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1994, arrested on 6 August 2004.[83]
  • Andrea Ghira, wanted since 1975, found dead on 9 September 2004.[84]

2005

  • Raffaele Antonio Ligato (Camorra), wanted since 2003, arrested in Germany on 26 January 2005.[85]
  • Gregorio Bellocco ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1997, arrested on 16 February 2005.[86]
  • Giuseppe Iamonte ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 14 May 2005.[87]
  • Antonio Commisso ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2004, arrested on 28 June 2005, near Toronto (Canada).[88]
  • Vincenzo Iamonte ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 1993, arrested on 30 July 2005.[89]
  • Luigi Putrone (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 1998, arrested on 12 August 2005 in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic).[90]
  • Paolo Di Lauro (Camorra), wanted since 2002, arrested on 16 September 2005.[91][92]
  • Umberto Di Fazio (Cosa Nostra), wanted since 2000, arrested on 23 October 2005[93]

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

  • Michele Antonio Varano ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2000, arrested on 12 May 2009, in Gandria (Switzerland),[151] but released on 8 July 2009 by Swiss police.[152] Varano was removed from the list in June 2013 and finally surrendered to the police on 2 December 2014 in Genoa.[153]
  • Francesco Nirta ('Ndrangheta), wanted since 2007, arrested on 20 September 2013, in Nieuwegein (Netherlands).[154]

2015

2016

2017

2019

2021

2023


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