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.

Wed, 12 Apr, 2006 - 01:00

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.

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Courts Crime Place: Italy Place: Sicily Place: Palermo Place: France Person: Bernardo Provenzano Person: Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina Person: Daniele Macaluso Person: Provenzano Person: Alfredo Mantovano Person: Riina Person: Piero Grasso Person: Salvatore Traina Organisation: Cosa Nostra Organisation: Mafia Organisation: La Repubblica

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