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John Dickie

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Gender Male
Age 60
Date of birth September 23,1963
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Dundee
United Kingdom
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Historian
Movies/Shows Eating History: Italy
The History of Italian Food: Delizia!
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Cosa Nostra
Blood Brotherhoods: The Rise of the Italian Mafias
Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy S Three Mafias
Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present
Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Darkest Italy
Inside the Foreign Office
The New Mandarins
The British Consul
Producers And Consumers in Eu E-commerce Law
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Internet and Electronic Commerce Law in the European Union
The Boys on the Bongo Bus
Cosa Nostra Ssb
Reeds 21st Century Ship Management
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John Dickie Life story


Professor John Dickie is a British author, historian and academic who specialises in Italy. Born in Dundee, he was brought up in Leicestershire and went to Loughborough Grammar School. He studied Modern Languages at Pembroke College, Oxford, obtaining a Bachelor's degree with first class honours.

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

Nov 7,2021 3:42 pm

An Italian mafia boss who has been on The Run for decades has been arrested after he was spotted on Google Maps .

Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was found in Galapagar, Spain, where he was living under the name Manuel.

A Google Street View shot showing A Man resembling Gammino standing in front of a grocery shop was key to tracking The Fugitive , investigators say.

Gammino escaped a Rome prison in 2002 and was sentenced to life in jail The Following year for murder.

He was a member of a Sicilian Mafia group known as Stidda and was one of Italy's Most Wanted gangsters.

Sicilian police believed Gammino was in Spain, but it was the photo of him talking to a Man Outside El Huerto de Manu, or Manu's Garden, that triggered an immediate investigation.

His identity was confirmed when police found a Facebook page of a now-closed restaurant, Cocina de Manu, which was located nearby. It had posted photos of Gammino wearing chef's clothes and he was identified by a scar on his chin.

The Restaurant had Sicilian dishes on The Menu .

He was arrested on 17 December, but it was only on Wednesday.

After his arrest, he reportedly told police: " How did you Find Me ? I haven't even called My Family for 10 Years . "

Gammino is in custody in Spain and Italian police hope to bring him back to Italy by the end of February, Nicola Altiero, The Deputy director of The Italian anti-mafia police unit, told Reuters news agency.

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