Robberies with the “reverse thread”: fugitive caught in Germany

The 40-year-old was present in Germany Gennaro Apreaamong the many recipients of the order executed final June nineteenth by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Napoli towards 7 individuals investigated for robberies dedicated utilizing the so-called theft method “reverse thread”. Aprea had escaped seize by disappearing. The Carabinieri continued their investigations, which led them to imagine that the 40-year-old had fled overseas, to Germany.

The Neapolitan robbers used a silent and well-orchestrated modus operandi: cautious planning of the robberies carried out with lengthy stakeoutsobservations and shadowing. Strategic the function of the “spinner”“, the informant engaged in shadowing and finding out the habits of the potential sufferer. Then, cross-referencing all the knowledge obtained, they studied in minute element the excellent plan with the precision of a surgeon.

A selected worldwide police cooperation channel was activated to trace down the 40-year-old, which led to a breakthrough 24 hours in the past when a report arrived from a jail in Augsburg Gablingen, proper from Germany. Aprea had been arrested for aggravated theft however had supplied the German police with false private particulars, “Ferdinando Girone, born in 1983”which didn’t match the fingerprints. The 40-year-old will now have to attend for the process already began for extradition to Italy.