Over a month to extradite drug lord Raffaele Imperiale

It will take at least a month before the narcos Raphael Imperial be extradited from the UAE to Italy.

But for this to happen, everything must go smoothly in the international procedures and in the relations between the Naples Prosecutor's Office and the Dubai magistrates. The Chief Prosecutor of the Dda of Naples, Giovanni Melillo and his team of magistrates have been working since August 4 (the day of his capture) on all the procedures in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice.

The news of Raffaele Imperiale's capture was released only in the early afternoon yesterday because it had been anticipated by the website of a Dutch newspaper. It is likely that in the coming days further details on the arrest and extradition procedures will be made known.

For now, all we know is that he was arrested in his luxurious villa in Dubai while he was in the swimming pool with his wife and 4 children. The bilateral agreement with Italy on extraditions dates back to 2 years ago and it is based on it that our Ministry of Grace and Justice will ask for the wanted man to be handed over, but it is clear to everyone that his lawyers will oppose it. The legal battle is just beginning and certainly promises to be a rollercoaster ride.

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Raffaele Imperiale 46 years old, native of Castellammare di Stabia, was in fifth place on the list of the most dangerous fugitives in Italy. Long considered a top-level protagonist in international drug trafficking and money laundering, closely linked to the Amato-Pagano clan and financier of the Scampia feud against i By Lauro, and friendships with the most notorious traffickers in the world, in Italy he must serve a definitive sentence of just over 5 years in prison for international drug trafficking.