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Escape wizard's capture exposes porous frontier between Calabria and the Balkans
Spanish police have arrested an Albanian fugitive known as the 'escape wizard' who broke out of four jails across Italy and Belgium, raising fresh concerns about how organised crime moves through Calabria's frontier.
Rosaria Esposito · 412 words
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