Three “extremely dangerous” Italian mafia members have been arrested in Spain, police said

Spanish police on Monday said they had arrested three “extremely dangerous” suspected mafia members wanted in Italy for crimes including attempted murder, arms trafficking and money laundering.

A policeman statement Without naming the three suspects, the Neapolitan Camorra said his son and son-in-law were “one of the heads of a dangerous family clan”.

They were recently detained in the southern Spanish coastal city of Marbella, which has been home to many international crime gang members in recent years. the police posted a video Social media shows officers separately escorting the three suspects, who appear to be handcuffed.

The investigation began after Spanish police discovered that the boss of the clan, wanted for money laundering, had fled Italy to Spain.

According to the statement, he was tracked to a house in Marbella that he almost never left, equipped with “extensive security features”.

The police arrested the son, who faces 30 years in prison and is accused of attempted murder and arms trafficking, when he first left home to go downtown.

According to the police, the son made several escape maneuvers to avoid detection by the police before his arrest.

Later on Sunday, police nabbed the crime boss and his son-in-law while leaving the fortified house, the statement added.

The latter faces 20 years in prison on charges of drug trafficking and tobacco smuggling.

“Those arrested within the Neapolitan Camorra are considered ‘men of honor’ because they follow a strict code of conduct,” police said. news release.

The operation was carried out with the help of the Italian police.

In October of last year, the Italian police announced that the fugitive Luigi Belvedere, accused of being an intermediary between the Latin American country, was arrested in Colombia. drug cartels and the Neapolitan Mafia. The Italian police announced his arrest posted his photo Visits Belvedere’s tomb Pablo Escobar The founder and leader of the Medellin cartel, who was killed by the police in 1993.