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Napoli won their archetypal Serie A rubric for 33 years successful May arsenic they drew with Udinese - banal photograph from match
By Charlene Anne Rodrigues
BBC News
One of Italy's astir unsafe fugitives has been caught successful Corfu aft a photograph of him cheering connected his shot squad gave distant his whereabouts.
Vincenzo La Porta, 60, is thought to person adjacent ties to the Camorra organised transgression pack successful Naples.
He has been connected the tally for 11 years - but earlier this twelvemonth was spotted successful a photograph of fans celebrating successful Greece.
The Naples Carabinieri constabulary said: "What betrayed him was his passionateness for shot and for the Napoli."
Officers said the photos were taken aft Napoli won its archetypal Italian title successful implicit 3 decades earlier this year.
"With the title victory, La Porta couldn't defy celebrating," constabulary said.
La Porta has already been convicted successful absentia successful Italy for transgression association, taxation evasion and fraud.
Police yet arrested him connected Friday portion helium was riding his moped connected the Greek land and helium is present presently successful a jailhouse awaiting extradition to Italy.
If helium is extradited to Italy, helium is owed service a situation condemnation of 14 years and 4 months.
La Porta's lawyer told AP quality agency: "He has started a caller household successful Greece... He has a nine-year-old lad and is moving arsenic a navigator to get by. He suffers from bosom ailments. If he's extradited, helium and his household volition beryllium ruined."
The authorities were relentless successful their pursuit of La Porta, tracking his fiscal and online movements intimately and "waited for him to marque a misstep".
Back successful May, La Porta could not incorporate his excitement erstwhile Napoli won its archetypal Serie A rubric aft 33 years.
The constabulary spotted him successful a photograph extracurricular a Corfu edifice among Napoli fans donning a shot headdress and waving the team's entity bluish and achromatic colours.
The investigators knew they had their antheral and followed him to Greece.
With a small assistance from their Greek colleagues, they arrested him connected Friday, the Greek constabulary said.
In January, this year, an Italian mafia brag who was connected the tally for decades was arrested aft a Google Maps sighting.
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