DUBAI: Dubai Police have arrested one of Italy’s most wanted criminals.
Raffaele Imperiale is an alleged kingpin of the Camorra organized crime syndicate ‘Camorra’, which is involved in international drug and weapons trafficking.
The UAE state-news agency WAM reported on Wednesday that Dubai Police also arrested Imperiale’s right-hand man Raffaele Mauriello, who is responsible for plotting and executing murders and assassinations using unlicensed firearms.
Both Imperiale and Mauriello are wanted by Italian authorities and Interpol, which has issued Red Notices against them.
Dubai Police caught Imperiale after they discovered his true identity. He had been living as someone else using a fake identity under the name of Antonio Rocco.
He used different cars to hide his daily movements and chose to live in an isolated home in which he could monitor those who approached him.
Imperiale was born and raised in the Italian city of Naples. He has been a Camorra member since his early childhood.
According to WAM’s report, he’s considered as one of Italy’s most dangerous and wanted fugitives by the Anti-Narcotics Directorate in Stabia, Naples.
Lt. Gen. Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, commander-in-chief of Dubai Police, said the arrest of Imperiale and Mauriello is another achievement for cooperation between Dubai Police and international law enforcement agencies.
Close surveillance expert Maj. Gen. Khalil Ibrahim Al-Mansouri, assistant commander-in-chief for criminal investigation affairs, said the arrest of Imperiale and his right-hand man came after they had been placed under close surveillance by a team of elite investigators.
