Discover the shocking escape of Marco Raduano, the elusive mafia boss, and delve into the investigation that led to his capture. Explore the underworld of Italy’s Fourth Mafia and its violent reign. Learn how this escape shed light on the flaws in high security prisons and law enforcement efforts. Uncover the dark legacy of the Fourth Mafia, Italy’s most dangerous syndicate, and the challenges authorities face in dismantling it. Watch now for an exciting journey into organized crime and its impact on society.
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in early 2024 news broke that Marco
ruano the mafia boss on the Run had been
captured on an island in France this
mafia boss stunned the nation when he
managed to escape from a so-called high
security prison using bed sheets he was
on the run for roughly a year before
investigators narrowed down on him until
his Escape Marco radano wasn’t one of
the most famous Mafia figures he was the
leader of sakra Corona Unita better
known as Italy’s for Mafia this crime
syndicate was long ignored but Marco
ruan’s Escape was an eyeopener on just
how powerful this Mafia really was in
today’s video we’re going to explore
Marco rodano’s Infamous escape and the
investigation that brought him back to
prison we’ll also delve into the violent
and shocking underworld of the fourth
Mafia stay tuned to discover why they
are currently one of Italy’s biggest
threats in 2017 Marco ruano was
sentenced to 24 years in prison
an anti-mafia investigation uncovered
that he was running a mafia clan in
fauda otherwise known as the fourth
Mafia this rootless mafia boss had a
long list of crimes he was guilty of
including drug trafficking illegal
weapons extortion and murder he was a
brutal and violent killer allegedly he
organized groups to carry out kills one
of the most infamous kills that this
mafia boss instigated was the murder of
rival mobster Omar Trot who was killed
at a Bretta bar in vieste in 2017
Marco was serving 24 years at a high
security prison in new Oro Sardinia in
February 2023 this mafia boss made a
daring Escape security footage shows him
escaping over the Prison Walls using bed
sheets he had several bed sheets tied
together to construct a makeshift rope
he climbed up the Rope over the wall
then made his jump footage shows him
getting up and running off into the
distance opening up an insane
investigation one of the things that
immediately caught people’s attention
about the footage was how easily he
escaped it took him a total of 16
seconds to get free there were no
security guards in sight allowing him to
get away without a chase this sparked an
internal investigation in the high
security prison did the mafia boss have
influence over the guards or were the
facility security measures just not
strong enough now Marco radano is a
cunning criminal he didn’t get as far as
he did by acting sporadically a plan
must have been in place but to this day
it’s still a mafia secret but one thing
that is interesting about this Escape
was that Marco wasn’t the only fourth
Mafia member who had escaped their
sentence his right-hand man underboss
John Luigi trano was on the run as well
he was serving his time through house
arrest but escaped in 2021 after
dismantling his bracelet with both
criminals on the run this showed Italian
investigators just how much was going on
under their radar if they really wanted
to put an end to Mafia crimes it was
time to step up their efforts
undoubtedly this prison escape was
embarrassing in for Italian authorities
especially once they connected the dots
and discovered Marco ruo’s connection to
fugitive John Luigi troano how did they
let this happen of course this was an
eyeopener on how much power the fourth
Mafia really had Italian authorities
were going to have to take their efforts
to the next level if they wanted to find
these men what they did know about Marco
ruano was that he was a ruthless and
violent criminal and they believed that
his freedom was a threat to the public
this led to him being listed on europ
poll’s 10 most dangerous fugitives Marco
radano was a lot more connected than
investigators realized this helped him
stay out of the public eye while he was
on the run as authorities focused on
their investigation they realized that
they were going to need International
Help after all this fugitive could be
anywhere this investigation may have
started off as an embarrassment for
Italian investigators but they put that
aside and focused on what mattered after
roughly a year their efforts paid off
with the help of the French garmory they
were able to catch Marco radano he was
found on a French island called Corsica
he had been living a Frugal lifestyle
using fake identification one night he
decided to accompany a young lady out
for dinner where authorities were able
to detain him this wasn’t the end of
their streak of good luck they also
caught his right-hand man John Luigi
troano picking up a parcel in Granada
Spain this joint operation was a success
but it opened up a new door for Italian
investigators and the district
anti-mafia directorate as they were
putting focus on the larger and more
well-known organized crime syndicates
the fourth mafia’s operations slid right
past them Marco ruan’s prison escape
didn’t just make local news this was a
prison break that caught the world’s
attention how did he orchestrate the
escape and go unnoticed not only did
this Escape draw attention to the fourth
Mafia but there were also implications
for the lack of security in the prison
and effort from investigators one of the
biggest eye openers was the lack of
security at what was supposed to be a
high security prison there were many
cracks in the system that needed to be
looked at if it was that easy for an
inmate to escape but it also highlighted
the impact and influence of organized
crime this Escape did have people
looking at the inside was the mop boss
able to pull strings on the inside were
the guards threatened or paid off we’ve
covered many stories of Mafia figures in
the past who were able to intimidate
Witnesses authorities and prosecutors to
avoid prison time is it possible that
Marco could have pulled off something
similar to make his daring but otherwise
easy Escape in this case both Marco
ruano and John Luigi Toano were higher
ups in the crime syndicate authorities
were focused on the power and influence
that these two had but with all their
focus on the big guys the Lesser known
players in the crime syndicate were
calling shots and making power moves if
Italian investigators intend to bring
down the fourth mafia they will need to
figure out who the key players and
Associates are mistakes were made flaws
were exposed but it also served as a
lesson learned the mafia in Italy is far
from over this pivotal moment showed how
law enforcement needs to rework its
strategies it also pointed them toward
the Lesser known but increasingly
powerful fourth Mafia how big has this
small organization really grown Sakura
Corona Unita aka the fourth Mafia is the
youngest Mafia group in Italy while many
organized crime groups stayed back to
the early 1900s this group didn’t form
until the early 1980s the group’s
founder Peno roli was serving a sentence
in prison for bank robbery when this
group was formed when this clan first
rose authorities ignored it at the time
there were bigger fish to fry like
enanga and kostra the fourth Mafia was
involved in violent crimes but they were
written off as feuds between farmers not
actually gang activity this dismissal
allowed the group to grow their criminal
organizations without any attention to
their activities the group was able to
pull off armed robberies auto theft drug
trafficking extortion and many other
crimes they are also a very aggressive
group today violent in the mafia is
nowhere near the level it used to be
back in the day Mafia men would resort
to intimidation tactics torture and even
murder to get their business done these
days the big players rarely use violence
because it draws too much attention if
they kill a rival an investigation
starts and it draws a lot of media Focus
to avoid this Mafia leaders are more
creative and subtle about how they get
their money sure people still get beat
up if they owe a mob boss money but
leaders will find other ways to make
people pay before they do something
drastic that will draw attention to
their operations now the fourth Mafia
has been ignored by Authority since the
beginning in a way this gave them a pass
to resort to violence after all nobody
was on their Trail who was going to
point fingers their way their violent
Reign Over FAA makes them one of the
most feared and dangerous criminal
groups currently operating in Italy one
thing that’s been noted about this crime
group is that it’s very easy for them to
hide things especially because people
are afraid to speak up this group has
been terrorizing the population for
decades but one of the main reasons why
they get away with it is the silence
civilians are afraid to speak up because
they don’t know what type of retaliation
they will face the fourth Mafia has a
shoot first asked questions later way of
business what’s really scary for the
public of fauda is how often disputes
arise from different divisions of this
Mafia These disputes have often resulted
in farmers and business owners having
property stolen and destroyed there has
also been a rise of baby gangs with
miners pulling off Gang Related
activities a 17-year-old member whose
name has not been publicly released shot
and killed 21-year-old Nikola dienzo and
left him for dead in the park allegedly
nobody spoke up about this shooting
because they were afraid these baby
gangs are a huge threat to the public
and have been responsible for several
recent murders underage members are
often recruited from poor neighborhoods
and are easy for the gang to manipulate
into doing their dirty work as
authorities Place focus on the fourth
Mafia it shows that they have been
getting away with violent crimes for
many years little has been brought to
investigators attention occasionally a
missing person or a stolen vehicle would
shift attention their way but not enough
evidence to build a case this all goes
back to nobody speaking up back in 2017
the fourth Mafia committed an act that
finally put them on police officers
Radars the mafia group has a long
history with extortion since they aren’t
afraid to use dirty tactics to get money
they will get violent to bring in the
cash but this time they messed with
someone who wasn’t afraid to speak up
Laro Dario was a landowner and farmer
who caught the mafia’s attention they
wanted to extort him and had tried
several times in the past he had
received many threats from this violent
Clan including threats of destroying his
property and stealing crops but the
extortion attempt went too far a dozen
members showed up on his property with a
gun demanding €150,000 to be paid
annually out of fear for his life the
farmer agreed but he had no plans of
paying this clan any money instead he
went Direct ly to the police this farmer
did something that people have been
afraid to do for the past 30 years he
spoke up authorities have tried to
convince the public that more people
need to speak up when the crimes are
brought forward they can use the
evidence and witnesses to build a case
if the victim stay silent the Clan’s
power will continue to grow but it seems
like people are too afraid to follow in
the farmer’s footsteps while the farmer
did make a risky move by speaking up
it’s important to know that he’s now
living safely under police protection so
so this brings up the question of is it
too late for anti-mafia efforts to stop
this organized crime syndicate locals
still remember back in 1992 when a
builder jaavan panunzio was shot to
death after denouncing the mafia while
this was over 30 years ago people are
still afraid to meet the same fate at
this point in time the criminal
underworld has a very strong hold on the
province many people believe that the
mob has become too aggressive and has
too much power through extortion and
other activities to see an end in near
sight but recent efforts and
international cooperation have shown
that even the most powerful players can
be brought to Justice the captures of
Marco radano and John Luigi troyano have
given people hope other Italian Mafia
bosses like Roberto cessi and Roco
Moretti have been detained over the past
few years this shows that there is a
greater possibility of taking away the
fourth mafia’s power this wraps up our
story on Marco radano and his Infamous
prison escape while many people weren’t
aware of who this m a boss was before
the Escape his story opened up a door
that shook the world Marco may have been
the boss of the least known Italian
mafia group but it turns out they are
one of the most powerful and dangerous
operating in the country all of this was
frightening because it was happening
under the police’s nose when Marco
radano was arrested he was sentenced to
24 years in prison now it’s unknown if
he was able to pull some strings on the
inside to sneak off without a single
security guard knowing or if he was just
that brilliant of a criminal Mastermind
to pull it off either way this Italian
mafia boss escaped from a high security
prison using bed sheets to scale the
wall a quick climb jump and run and he
was off within seconds he was
immediately placed on europ Pole’s most
dangerous fugitive list and The Manhunt
began a year later authorities found him
dining at a restaurant on a French
island as Italian police officers
focused on the Marco ruano case it
opened up doors to a powerful criminal
underworld that they had ignored the
fourth Mafia is Italy’s youngest and
smallest Mafia but they are also the
most powerful this group is known to use
violent tactics similar to mafias of the
past extortion and murder are just part
of the game to these Mobsters while
authorities were ignoring them they were
able to extend their influence leaving a
trail of bodies along the way we hope
you enjoyed this story on Marco ruan’s
prison escape and how it drew attention
to Italy’s forth Mafia it just goes to
show how much criminal activity is
happening right under law enforcement’s
noses before we go we want to give a
shout out to Lamont BBC CNN CBS News
National Post and Barren for sharing
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about this case this wraps up our story
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fucking snitches