arrested mafia suspect ran east end shoe shop

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A Suspected
Mafia godfather said to head one of the most ruthless crime gangs in Naples has been arrested in London,wherw he ran an Italian shoe shop
Raffaele Caldarelli,35,is wanted in Italy,where he has been sentenced in his absence to 20 years in prison for drug and weapons offences.He had been on the run for more than seven years.He was arrested by armed officers after leaving the shoe shop in Hackney,East London
The capture follows months of undercover police work and a surveillance operation.Italian police the Metropolitan police
The man,who is described as dangerous,resistend police when he was arrested.Tree of the twelve officers involved suffered minor injiriesThe raid by the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Scotland Yards extradition unit,which had two international warrants issued through by the Interpol Italian Authorities
Mr Cardarelli appered at City of wednesday,
where extradition proceedings were instigated
He was said to the Boss of the Caldarelli clan
based in the Mercato area of Naples,a run-down direct blighted by regular mob shootings the gang,which has about6.000 member,specialises in extortion and protection rackets

il resto lo puoi trovare sul giornale brittannico (the TIMES)
friday september 8 2006 -pg9
by Steve Bird and Richard Owen in Rome