Bali police spokesperson Satake Bayu Setianto cited safety reasons in refusing to say when Strangio will be deported to Italy, where he's wanted on charges of trafficking 352 pounds of marijuana. The suspect was shown to reporters at an airport news conference given by the police and was escorted to the departure hall on Sunday afternoon.
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Immigration officers escorted Australian fugitive Antonio Strangio, center, to a press conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Strangio is allegedly connected to the ’ndrangheta mafia, considered by Italian prosecutors to be the most important criminal organization in the Western world.
"For the ’ndrangheta itself, there are special operations between European countries, and all of its members are red notice subjects who must be held accountable for trials in their respective countries," Anggaito Hadi Prabowo, an official from the Indonesian national police international relations division, told reporters.