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Giovanni Tegano

ROME — A veteran mobster was arrested after 17 years on the run, but a sympathetic crowd cheered him on Tuesday as he was escorted out of a police barracks and taken to jail.

Giovanni Tegano, a member of the ‘ndrangheta organized crime group, was on the list of Italy’s top 30 most wanted fugitives. Officials described the 70-year-old as a notorious figure in the crime-ridden area and hailed his arrest as a tough blow to the ‘ndrangheta, a crime syndicate based in the poor region of Calabria.