Let’s find out ‘Wanted Italian Drug Trafficker Bruno Carbone Arrested: How Was He Caught?’ According to recent reports, drug trafficker Bruno Carbone was detained in Rome. He allegedly was apprehended and removed from Syria.
One of Naples’ Camorra mafia’s top cocaine dealers, Bruno Carbone, 45, was eluding a 20-year prison term.
The Italian drug dealer was one of Europol’s most sought offenders and Raffaele Imperiale’s right-hand man in the mafia.
Wanted Italian Drug Trafficker Bruno Carbone Arrested: How Was He Caught?
On November 15, Bruno Carbone was taken into custody in Rome. He was seized at Ciampino airport on Tuesday morning just after stepping off the plane, according to Naples Police.
In Catania, Sicily, prosecutors sentenced Carbone to 20 years in prison for offenses connected to international drug trafficking. As a result, Carbone was detained.
One of the people on Europol’s most sought list, Carbone, has been missing since 2003. He spent a lot of time hiding out in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Despite rumors that he was apprehended and deported from Syria, the arrest of the Italian drug dealer is shrouded in mystery.
The official announcement provided no information on how or where he had been located, although the Italian press reported that he had been taken prisoner in Syria.
Additionally, Dhia’ al-Umar, a SITE spokesperson, claimed that after leaving Italy, Carbone first fled to Europe and Turkey before relocating to areas of Syria controlled by the regime because he thought they were “havens from the law.”
The UAE may have acted as a middleman in the extradition of Carbone from Syria to Italy, according to an article in the Italian newspaper Il Foglio.
In a similar vein, Abdullah Al Nuaimi, his UAE counterpart, was thanked for the escapee’s capture in a statement by the Italian justice minister, Carlo Nordio, the evening of the arrest.
“This latest arrest demonstrates a strengthening of judicial cooperation between Italy and the UAE,” he said.
He pretended to be a Mexican man on the run after selling counterfeit Rolex watches, according to news reports.
The UAE experienced a false alarm in December 2020. When they realized they had the incorrect person, they publicized Carbone’s arrest.
Naples businessman Domenico Alfano was detained upon entering the nation with his wife and children and was held for 32 days before being freed.
Right-Hand Man Of Mafia Boss Raffaele Imperiale
A well-known heroin dealer and trader from Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, Raffael Imperiale, 48, had Bruno Carbone as his right-hand man.
Imperiale is a leader in the Camorra’s drug trade and a member of the organization. Until his capture on August 4, 2021, in Dubai, he was listed as one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives.
He was well known for being passionate about art, which was an interesting contrast. In 2016, his hiding place contained two Van Gogh paintings that had been taken in Amsterdam.
But the story of the drug trade is far from done. On Wednesday, further arrest orders for 28 more members of Imperiale’s Camorra clan were filed in Naples.
The organization is regarded as one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world. The gang brought drugs into the country from Colombia, the Netherlands, and Spain.
Additionally, a conversation between Carbone and Imperiale that was wiretapped revealed that the two had discussed “breaking through” in Australia.
Nevertheless, it is a positive move given that Carbone was the main source for obtaining significant amounts of cocaine, primarily from Spain.
