Italian police have tracked down one of the country's most-wanted fugitive mafia suspects - on Facebook.

Pasquale Manfredi, 33, was on Italy's 100 Most Wanted List and had been on the run for a year. He called himself Scarface, after the film character, and was accused of being one of the top figures in the 'Ndrangheta mafia. The 33-year-old, who faces charges of murder, mafia association and drugs trafficking, was seized in Calabria.

Officers had been tipped off that Manfredi was a fan of the global social networking site and regularly logged on using his laptop. Using sophisticated electronic surveillance equipment, officers managed to locate Manfredi to an apartment in Isola Capo Rizzuto, near Crotone in southern Italy.

According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, he was arrested as he tried to escape from the roof of the apartment complex. Manfredi had more than 200 friends on his Facebook site and police are going through them systematically to see if any others are involved in Mafia activity or are wanted.

I'd better go through my friends list and remove Razor Eddie and Fingers Molloy before someone checks it!


I knew I should have played Farmville instead of Mafia Wars!

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