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giuseppe bellocco

giuseppe bellocco -lrb- rosarno , february 22 , 1948 -rrb- is an italian criminal and a member of the ` ndrangheta .
he is the capobastone of the bellocco ` ndrina from rosarno in calabria .
he was a fugitive since 1997 and included in the list of most wanted fugitives in italy until his capture in july 2007 .
the bellocco clan is one of the most powerful groups in the ` ndrangheta .
activities ranged from drug trafficking , extortion and the control of nearly all commercial businesses in the gioia tauro plain .
jointly with the pesce clan and in collaboration with the piromalli-molè ` ndrina they controlled the public contracts for the construction of the container terminal in the port of gioia tauro .
bellocco 's criminal career goes back to 1974 when he was arrested for extortion and theft .
he headed the clan after the arrest of his cousin gregorio bellocco in february 2005 .
he was arrested in the company of his wife on july 16 , 2007 , in an underground bunker concealed below a manger in farmhouse near rosarno .
he was presiding over a meeting of the ` ndrangheta .
special police units , supported by three helicopters , surrounded the farmhouse knowing that bellocco was inside .
when they broke into the building they found eight others and no sign of their main target .
a two-hour search eventually led to the discovery of bellocco 's hideout .
