Long-wanted mafia boss captured in bunker

With marches underway to support anti-mafia efforts across Italy, police captured a notorious boss in the deadly ’Ndrangheta crime organization wanted for nearly 10 years for his part in a massacre in Germany.

Santo Vottari was found hiding in a bunker-like addition to a home in Reggio Calabria, a city on the toe of Italy’s boot across the water from Sicily.

The 44-year-old was long sought by authorities after he was found guilty in absentia by an Italian court in 2009 for his part in mafia feud that triggered a shootout in Duisburg, Germany that left six dead.

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