Italian writer Roberto Saviano (C) addresses the media s he leaves on Feb 1, the City of Justice (Citta Giudiziaria) in Rome, following a hearing in a defamation lawsuit from Italy's current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure. Italian journalist Roberto Saviano, known for his fight against the mafia, is facing a defamation lawsuit from Italy's current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini, over a 2018 statement describing Salvini as "Il Ministro della Malavita", or the minister of the mob, when at the time Salvini was Interior minister. A convicted Italian killer, believed to belong to one of the country's most powerful mafia organisations, was arrested on Thursday in France after 16 years on the run, Interpol said.
Edgardo Greco, 63, is suspected of belonging to the notorious 'Ndrangheta, a powerful mafia organisation in Calabria, southern Italy.
Interpol said he was arrested in the French city of Saint-Etienne, where he had at one point run an Italian restaurant under an alias, according to French prosecutors.
He is wanted in Italy to serve a life sentence for the murders of Stefano and Giuseppe Bartolomeo, said Interpol. - AFP
