Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
A brutal Mafia boss was arrested this week as he left a bakery in a northern Czech town. Czech police, who worked with Italian investigators on the case, said Luigi Putrone was living with a Czech girlfriend and may have been hiding in the area since he went on the lam in 1998. He is notorious in Italy for having kidnapped the young son of a Mafia colleague who had turned informant. The boy’s body was dissolved in a vat of acid. Putrone was also convicted in absentia of having murdered two judges. He faces life in prison when he is extradited to Italy.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
5 weather-beaten cartoons about the Texas floodsCartoons Artists take on funding cuts, politicizing tragedy, and more
-
What has the Dalai Lama achieved?The Explainer Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader has just turned 90, and he has been clarifying his reincarnation plans
-
Europe's heatwave: the new front line of climate changeIn the Spotlight How will the continent adapt to 'bearing the brunt of climate change'?
