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Italian Police Arrest Mafia Boss in Bali

Jakarta Globe, December 07, 2012

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Rome. Italian police have arrested a fugitive mafia boss living in a luxury home on the island of Bali in a joint operation with Indonesian authorities, the police said on Friday.

Antonino Messicati Vitale has served 10 years in prison in the past for mafia association and is wanted on new charges of extortion.

He is believed to be head of the Sicilian Mafia clan of Villabate, which was at the center of a bloody gang war in the 1990s.

Messicati Vitale, whose father Pietro was gunned down in 1988, was one of the most high-profile mafia bosses still on the run.

"The fugitive's residence was in a luxurious residence in a seaside resort in Bali," a police statement said.

Investigators tracked Messicati Vitale by bugging and wiretapping his family and allies and then tracking a group of his relatives who traveled to Bali.

Agence France-Presse

The suspect was living in a luxury flat near Kuta Beach

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