A notorious Italian murderer, linked to the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia organization, was arrested in France, according to Interpol Officials.
Edgardo Greco, a convicted murderer and believed to be a member of the ‘Ndrangheta, one of Italy’s most powerful and largest mafia organizations, was arrested in the French city of Saint-Etienne. The ‘Ndrangheta, which operates globally and is known for its close ties to the trafficking of cocaine from South America to Europe, has its roots in the Calabrian region of Italy.
Greco was wanted by Interpol since 2006 for alleged attempted murder and was serving a life sentence for the murder of two individuals, Stefano and Giuseppe Bartolomeo, in the early 1990s as part of a “mafia war” between the Pino Sena and Perna Pranno gangs.
According to French prosecutors, Greco bought and ran an Italian restaurant called Caffe Rossini Ristorante in Saint-Etienne under a fake name, Paolo Dimitri, from June 2021 to November 2021. He also worked in other Italian restaurants in the city, as per documents seen by the news agency, AFP. The Caffe Rossini Ristorante was covered by the local press when it opened in 2021 and had an active Facebook account, which now appears to have been shut down.
Interpol officials, with the support of the Interpol Cooperation Against the Ndrangheta (I-CAN) Project, arrested Greco in Saint-Etienne. The arrest of Greco follows the apprehension of another wanted Italian Mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, who had been on the run for 30 years and was recently captured in southern Italy.
Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock has stressed that “dedicated officers around the world will always ensure that justice is served” and that no matter how hard a wanted criminal tries to hide, they cannot evade justice forever.
