On March 9, Brazil’s Supreme Court approved Rocco Morabito's extradition to Italy. It comes ten months after his arrest in northern Brazil in May 2021, following a joint manhunt by Brazilian, Uruguayan and Italian cops.
 | Rocco Morabito was arrested almost two years after his escape from a prison in Uruguay. He was awaiting extradition to Italy where he is a most wanted man. He had been sentenced in his absence to 28 years by an Italian court in 2015, a penalty later increased to 30 years. Morabito was behind the smuggling of tons cocaine from Brazil to Europe. | 
The ‘Cocaine king of Milan’ is one of Italy’s most wanted mob bosses. |
Morabito established a partnership between the ‘Ndrangheta and Brazilian gang First Capital Command.
 | He was arrested while staying in a hotel in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, where he had gone after having a fight with his wife. A search of his villa in Punta del Este uncovered a gun, 13 mobile phones, and 150 passport-sized photos of Morabito in different guises. | 
Villa where Italian mafia fugitive Rocco Morabito lived near the resort town of Punta del Este |
 | He was arrested in Uruguay after 23 years on the run.
Rocco Morabito is considered a top leader of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Italy’s powerful organized crime group and one of Europe’s biggest importers of cocaine. Morabito has often rubbed shoulders with Sicilian boss Matteo Messina Denaro. |  |
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