The arrest dates from a week ago, but was only announced today.
A 52-year-old Italian was arrested last Friday in Rumersheim-Le-Haut, near Strasbourg, following a European warrant launched by Germany, where he is suspected of having committed 160 rapes and sexual assaults.
The man is suspected of having, from 2000 to 2014, raped or sexually abused the children of his companions.
Germany has opened 122 investigations against him relating to 160 acts of rape or sexual assault on minors, it was added to the National Fugitive Search Brigade (BNRF), adding that this individual had recently fled Germany to settle in Alsace.
More information to come