A mafia fugitive has been caught after appearing on YouTube cooking videos in which he hid his face but accidentally showed his distinctive tattoos. Marc Feren Claude Biart had been on the run since 2014, after Italian prosecutors ordered his arrest for cocaine trafficking. He was leading a quiet life in the Dominican Republic until he appeared on a YouTube channel in which he showed off his Italian cooking.
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