Italian police have arrested an organized-crime boss who had been on the run for eight years to avoid prison.
Antonio Rusmini was caught in a predawn raid Monday in the southern Calabria region.
He had been a fugitive since 1996, when he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering several other mobsters in 1989.
Rusmini headed a crime gang in Calabria that is said to control much of Europe's illicit trade in drugs and weapons. Calabria's mobsters reputedly are now a more influential criminal syndicate than Sicily's Mafia, which was known for many years as the most powerful underworld group.
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