Fugitive Italian mob boss on the run was finally caught out…when he went to watch football: One of Italy’s most dangerous criminals Vincenzo La Porta is captured after 11 years after he was spotted celebrating Napoli’s championship win
- Vincenzo La Porta was captured while riding motor scooter on Corfu
- He was on Italy’s 100 most dangerous fugitives list and on the run for 11 years
A fugitive mob figure’s passion for his hometown football side Napoli betrayed him and led to his arrest on a Greek island, Italian police have said.
Vincenzo La Porta, who was on a list of Italy’s 100 most dangerous fugitives, was captured while riding a motor scooter on Corfu, authorities said.
Naples-based carabinieri paramilitary police said La Porta was spotted in a photo among fellow Napoli fans in a restaurant as they celebrated their side winning Italy’s top league championship a few weeks ago.
Police then headed to Corfu to tail the fugitive – identified by them as the 60-year-old La Porta, who had been on the run for 11 years.
They did not specify when his recent arrest was carried out, but said officers blocked him going down a Corfu street on a motor scooter.
Vincenzo La Porta, who was on a list of Italy’s 100 most dangerous fugitives, was captured while riding a motor scooter on Corfu, authorities said
Naples-based carabinieri paramilitary police said La Porta was spotted in a photo among fellow Napoli fans in a restaurant as they celebrated their side winning Italy’s top league championship a few weeks ago
La Porta, considered close to a crime clan of the Naples-based Camorra syndicate, had been convicted in absentia of criminal association, tax evasion and fraud, police said.
He is now in a Greek jail awaiting extradition to Italy, where he is due to serve a prison sentence of 14 years and four months.
Police said they had been following La Porta’s online activity, including financial movements, and waited for him to make a false move that could tip them off to his whereabouts.
‘Betraying him was his passion for soccer and for the Napoli team,’ police said in a statement.
‘With the championship victory, La Porta couldn’t resist celebrating.’
Investigators spotted him in a photo of celebrants at the restaurant, where he was pictured holding a scarf in the sky-blue colours of his hometown team.
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