Italian police on Wednesday arrested Mafia boss Michele Zagaria, one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives and head of the powerful Casalesi clan that controlled a swathe of territory north of Naples. Zagaria, 53, a top boss of the Camorra or Naples Mafia, had been on the run for 16 years, and was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for murder in 2008. He was captured living in an underground bunker in his home town of Casapesenna, police said. Zagaria’s clan inspired Roberto Saviano’s best-selling book “Gomorrah: Italy’s Other Mafia”, which was made into a graphically violent prize-winning movie. Saviano lives under police protection.
