An Italian mafia boss who had been on the run for 30 years has been arrested in Brazil.<br /><br /> Pasquale Scotti was captured in the northeast city of Recife in a joint operation with INTERPOL.<br /><br /> The 56-year who is half Brazilian – was convicted in absentia for the illegal possession of firearms and more than 20 homicides.<br /><br /> The Italian authorities have begun extradition proceedings against him.<br /><br /> Scotti was the boss of the Camorra mafia group in Naples and was arrested in a shootout in 1983. But he escaped hospital and despite multiple raids Italian police were unable to find him.<br /><br /> INTERPOL used archived digital finger prints.to identify him.<br /><br /> Brazilian police have said Scotti fathered two children in Recife and had been running several businesses in plain sight.
