Cops nab top Mafia boss

Police in southern Italy have arrested a top Mafia boss who was among the country's 30 most dangerous fugitives, the ANSA news agency reported.

Giovanni Tegano, 70, who had been on the run for 17 years, has been sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for murder and Mafia association.

Tegano is considered the boss of the 'Ndrina clan of the 'Ndrangheta, considered the most powerful and ruthless crime syndicate operating in Italy.