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Google Street View Exposes Mafia Gangster On Run For 20 Years

Google Street View Exposes Mafia Gangster On Run For 20 Years

There is no hiding place for criminals anymore. A notorious mafia gangster who has been on the run for nearly 20yrs has finally been captured in Spain thanks to the help of Google Street View.

Gioacchino Gammino was convicted of murder in Italy but managed to flee from prison in Rome, in 2002, according to the Daily Star.

He became one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives but has now been caught by detectives who spotted him on a Google Maps Street View and he was found to be using the false name, Manuel.

It was through the image on Google, that detectives in Italy were able to uncover his new life in Spain after he changed his name and opened up his shop.

Gammino was discovered to be keeping his head down and had managed to escape suspicion for almost two decades in Galapagar, close to the Spanish capital Madrid.

The 60-year-old was using the name Manuel and opened up a grocery shop called El Huerto de Manu. It was his grocery shop that led to his capture as detectives spotted him on Google Maps outside the shop.

Gammino had also been working as a chef at a restaurant called Cocina de Manu, according to the Mail.

It is not known if the former mafia man owned the establishment but images on the Facebook page appear to show Gammino dressed as a chef.

Cocina de Manu, which is rumored to have been closed for some time, featured a menu with a design similar to the iconic Godfather poster.

Police say they were able to recognize Gammino because of a scar on his chin. His eventual arrest came on December 17 with the former gangster asking how the police had tracked him down in his new life after he cut all contact with family. Gammino asked them:

“’How did you find me? I haven’t even phoned my family for the last 10 years.”

Finally, the mobster is now back behind bars to serve his life sentence for murder.

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