53-year old Marc Feren Claude Biart was deported to Italy where he arrived on 29 March 2021. He had been living quietly in Boca Chica, where there is a large Italian community. He had been on the run from the Italian authorities since 2014. The Italian Police describe him as a fugitive mafioso of the ‘Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia, the most powerful in Italy today.
The Italian police explained that the arrest is the result of the Dominican Interpol participation as part of the so-called Project “I CAN” (Interpol Cooperation against the ‘Ndrangheta), with the backing of the Italian Central Criminal Police Agency. The I-CAN project involves Italian police forces and those of ten other countries (Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, United States, France, Switzerland and Uruguay) that are fighting against this Calabrian mafia, one of the most powerful in Europe.
Biart was the subject of a 2014 arrest warrant issued by an Italian court in the southern Italian province of Reggio Calabria, as part of Operation “Mauser” for a drug trafficking ring targeting an organized crime clan in the municipality of Rosarno.
Biart was arrested on 24 March 2021 in Boca Chica, in the south of the Dominican Republic.
Calabria News reported that in the Dominican Republic he was known only as Marc. His love for cooking got him arrested. He had created a video channel on YouTube with his wife where they shared how to make Italian dishes. While appearing on the cooking channel, Biart did not show his face, yet he was reportedly identified by the tattoos on his body.
In its first seven months in government, the Abinader administration has reported extraditing 13 Dominicans accused of various crimes in Spain, the United States and Belgium. These are: Isidro Puntiel Soriano, José Antonio Polanco Paz (Tony), Alexander Reyes Johnny, Onéximo Méndez Félix, Anyerson de la Cruz Rosario (Angelo), Luis Manuel Genao Rivera (Genao), Luis Felipe Carmona, Francisco Javier Lora Brito, Moisés Polanco González (Tito Campeche) and Yamil Abreu Navarro. The Dominican government did not report the extraditing of the Italian fugitive.
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NY Post
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Listin Diario
29 March 2021