Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Four serious Mafia fugtives are caught in one week; Camorra Godmother Maria Licciardi, stolen art loving drug baron Raffaele Imperiale, ‘Ndrangheta boss Domenico Paviglianiti and gangster Raffaele Mauriello were arrested in three different countries. Let me tell you about it.
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The Mob Reporter here with news of major international mob figures whose time on the run ended abruptly this month, and the stories of who they really are, and why they were among the world’s most wanted.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Arrest of Camorra Godmother Maria Licciardi
04:42 Arrest of mobster art lover Raffaele Imperiale
08:27 Arrest of 'Ndrangheta boss Domenico Paviglianiti
Imperiale is notorious for hoarding priceless paintings by Vincent Van Gogh that were stolen in a famous Amsterdam art heist, but when he was arrested in Dubai had garish art of cartel boss Pablo Escobar on his wall.
Paviglianiti was a veteran clan boss who rode around in his Calabrian hometown in an armoured car but when tracked down in Madrid was caught strolling the street on his own, loaded down by fake ID, six phones and €6,000 in cash.
Licciardi is a rare woman to head a significant Mafia clan — a , a Mafia Mamma — and she controlled one of the most fearsome Camorra organizations in modern times. She was arrested in Rome, at the airport in Italy’s capital, as she was trying to fly out to visit her daughter in Malaga, Spain.
Raffaele Mauriello is described as Imperiale’s right-hand man. Also wanted in Italy, he was arrested along with his boss in Dubai.
All four of these fugitives were on Italy’s most wanted list. That list just got significantly shorter. A little less interesting.
Thanks for watching.
Credits:
Music is “Where We Wanna Go” by Patrick Patrikios (remixed by The Mob Reporter)
Van Gogh Returns video excerpts courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum (youtu.be/jlz6QK5pgug)
Images of “Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen” (oil on canvas) and “View of the Sea at Scheveningen” (oil on paper on canvas) by Vincent van Gogh are courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation). Both paintings are currently on view at the museum.
Imperiale arrest video and of the Italian police visit are courtesy of Dubai Police
Footage of Italian police operations courtesy of federal police agencies
Airplane videos by Sunny Huang, Adrian Frentescu, 杉原 桂 from Pexels and pilotsflying from Videvo
Photo of Bagaladi by Cirimbillo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29353243
Madrid looking up video by Mahmoud Abd Elmageed from Pexels
Amsterdam aerial drone-Video by Vitaliy Todo from Pexels
Photos of Ciampino Aeroporto courtesy of Aeroporti di Roma (https://www.adr.it/)
Airport exterior photo by CAPTAIN RAJU - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71544419
Burj Khalifa video by zahabiyatravelworld from Pexels
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Four serious Mafia fugtives are caught in one week; Camorra Godmother Maria Licciardi, stolen art loving drug baron Raffaele Imperiale, ‘Ndrangheta boss Domenico Paviglianiti and gangster Raffaele Mauriello were arrested in three different countries. Let me tell you about it.
CHECK OUT MY BONUS CONTENT AND PERKS ON PATREON: patreon.com/TheMobReporter
The Mob Reporter here with news of major international mob figures whose time on the run ended abruptly this month, and the stories of who they really are, and why they were among the world’s most wanted.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Arrest of Camorra Godmother Maria Licciardi
04:42 Arrest of mobster art lover Raffaele Imperiale
08:27 Arrest of 'Ndrangheta boss Domenico Paviglianiti
Imperiale is notorious for hoarding priceless paintings by Vincent Van Gogh that were stolen in a famous Amsterdam art heist, but when he was arrested in Dubai had garish art of cartel boss Pablo Escobar on his wall.
Paviglianiti was a veteran clan boss who rode around in his Calabrian hometown in an armoured car but when tracked down in Madrid was caught strolling the street on his own, loaded down by fake ID, six phones and €6,000 in cash.
Licciardi is a rare woman to head a significant Mafia clan — a , a Mafia Mamma — and she controlled one of the most fearsome Camorra organizations in modern times. She was arrested in Rome, at the airport in Italy’s capital, as she was trying to fly out to visit her daughter in Malaga, Spain.
Raffaele Mauriello is described as Imperiale’s right-hand man. Also wanted in Italy, he was arrested along with his boss in Dubai.
All four of these fugitives were on Italy’s most wanted list. That list just got significantly shorter. A little less interesting.
Thanks for watching.
Credits:
Music is “Where We Wanna Go” by Patrick Patrikios (remixed by The Mob Reporter)
Van Gogh Returns video excerpts courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum (youtu.be/jlz6QK5pgug)
Images of “Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen” (oil on canvas) and “View of the Sea at Scheveningen” (oil on paper on canvas) by Vincent van Gogh are courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation). Both paintings are currently on view at the museum.
Imperiale arrest video and of the Italian police visit are courtesy of Dubai Police
Footage of Italian police operations courtesy of federal police agencies
Airplane videos by Sunny Huang, Adrian Frentescu, 杉原 桂 from Pexels and pilotsflying from Videvo
Photo of Bagaladi by Cirimbillo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29353243
Madrid looking up video by Mahmoud Abd Elmageed from Pexels
Amsterdam aerial drone-Video by Vitaliy Todo from Pexels
Photos of Ciampino Aeroporto courtesy of Aeroporti di Roma (https://www.adr.it/)
Airport exterior photo by CAPTAIN RAJU - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71544419
Burj Khalifa video by zahabiyatravelworld from Pexels
~ The Mob Reporter is a professional journalist bringing you real-life mob, police and true crime news and educational videos.
~ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/user/themobreporter?sub_confirmation=1
~ Please subscribe to my other channels:
• Crime Watch: youtube.com/CrimeWatchWorld
• Crime in Italy: youtube.com/channel/UC-RAffGKnxExn8kXmeRdRsg
~ To read my written journalism in the National Post, visit: news.nationalpost.com/author/ahumphreys
~ For more information, visit http://www.adrianhumphreys.com.
Please like, share, comment and subscribe.
Thanks for watching!
- The Mob Reporter
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Corrupt LA cop's $2-million pot heist": youtu.be/Y2j4QnEaATE
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