The phantom of Corleone - captured after 43 years on the run

ITALY’S reputed No 1 Mafia boss was arrested yesterday at a farmhouse in Sicily after evading capture for more than 40 years.

Bernardo Provenzano, Italy’s most wanted man, is believed to have taken over the Sicilian Mafia after the 1993 arrest of Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina in Palermo.

“Bastard! Murderer!” a crowd shouted as policemen took the elderly man to Palermo.