An Italian close to the Camorra, a mafia organization in the Naples region, was arrested on Tuesday in Fréjus (Var) under a European arrest warrant and placed in detention, AFP learned on Wednesday May 4 from the prosecution. General of Aix-en-Provence.
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Antonio Cuozzo Nasti, 56, was arrested at the request of Italian justice, for “the execution of a prison sentence pronounced in 2013 for acts of theft, concealment, possession and illegal possession of a weapon and violation of special surveillance measures committed in June 2012 in Italy,” said the same source.
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According to
Nice Matin
, which revealed the affair, the man was staying under a false identity on the Côte d'Azur, where he was chef in a five-star hotel-restaurant in Saint-Raphaël.
He was placed in detention following his referral to the public prosecutor's office.
The investigating chamber is due to rule on Wednesday afternoon on his surrender to the Italian judicial authorities.