Tattooed Italian mobster nabbed in Caribbean thanks to his cooking videos


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  • Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021

HOT CATCH Interpol officers escort Marc Feren Claude Biart, a fugitive who was tracked down in Dominican Republic thanks to his tattoos visible in cooking videos he posted on YouTube. —REUTERS

ROME (Reuters): A mafia fugitive hiding in the Dominican Republic has been tracked down thanks to his tattoos visible in cooking videos he posted on YouTube, Italian police said on Monday.

Marc Feren Claude Biart, 53, was arrested on March 24 in the town of Boca Chica, close to the capital Santo Domingo, where he had arrived more than five years ago from Costa Rica, a police statement said.

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