Mafia hitman, pizza chef turned out

It has been reported that Edgardo Greco, one of the big names in the Italian mafia, which Interpol has been searching for for years, was captured yesterday in France. In the Interpol statement, it was recorded that Greco, 63, accused of committing multiple murders on behalf of the Italian mafia, was arrested in the city of Saint-Etienne, where he worked as a chef in a restaurant. Pizza shop.

Greco is believed to be a member of Ndrangheta, the most powerful mafia organization in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Greco, who was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal acid murder of brothers Stefano and Giuseppe Bartolomeo and for several murders committed in the mafia wars that marked the 1990s, was described as a “dangerous fugitive.”

According to the French police, Greco worked in several Italian restaurants in the country under a false identity, and in 2021 he ran a pizzeria in Saint-Etienne.

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi announced that they welcome Greco’s capture.

Matteo Messina Denaro, the leader of Cosa Nostra in Sicily, one of the world’s largest mafia organizations, was captured this month in an operation in Italy after a 30-year search.