Ernesto Fazzalari

Calabrian ’Ndrangheta boss captured in 2016 after nearly 20 years on the run and already convicted in absentia of murder, mafia crimes and drug trafficking.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, appeals, allegations and police assessments are kept separate. Sentence information is case-specific and sourced.

Background

Fazzalari headed a family-based ’Ndrangheta group in Calabria.

Network

He became one of Italy’s most wanted mafia fugitives.

Major case

He was tried in absentia and convicted of murder, mafia crimes, drug trafficking, robbery and weapons offences.

Legal status

Police captured him in 2016 in a remote Calabrian house.

Graph role

His profile strengthens the violent clan side of the ’Ndrangheta graph.

Network links

– ’Ndrangheta — family-clan boss – Arrest of Ernesto Fazzalari — captured after nearly two decades as fugitive – Calabria — criminal base

Direct people links

– No direct person edge added without stronger sourcing.

Sources

– The Guardian. Italian police hold mafia boss after 20 years on run (2016-06-26). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/26/mafia-ernesto-fazzalari-arrest-ndrangheta-calabrian-italy

Connected records

How to read the network

Documented network

’Ndrangheta (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as family clan boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This label is preserved without inferring a broader association.

Arrest of Ernesto Fazzalari (event): captured after nearly two decades as fugitive

Calabria (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as criminal base, documented status, 90% confidence. This label is preserved without inferring a broader association.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are separated from general biography so a later audit can change a date, conviction, killing, organizational split or court outcome without rewriting unrelated portions of the page.

Date not specified in current profile sources — Arrest of Ernesto Fazzalari. captured after nearly two decades as fugitive

Status and record

The structured birth record lists 1969. The structured life-status field is alive. This administrative value should change only when a reliable current source supports an update.

Source record

The Master package currently attaches these sources to the profile: – Italian police hold mafia boss after 20 years on run — The Guardian, Tier 2.

The presence of a source does not mean it supports every sentence. Claim-level source references remain in the structured data for later audits.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects in particular, legal status and allegations require dated evidence. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records, court material, archival documents or newly processed canonical entities rather than generalized crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The source package currently includes Italian police hold mafia boss after 20 years on run. Those records define the safe editorial boundary for this version of the page. Unknown dates and unresolved associations remain explicit because a missing fact is a research task, not permission to speculate.

Research state

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Media remains a separate completion gate. A portrait should be attached only after source page, provenance and reuse status are checked. Until then, text can be complete while media remains pending.

Archive discipline

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Evidence notes already stored

– family-clan boss – captured after nearly two decades as fugitive – criminal base

These notes are retained as source or graph metadata and provide leads for the next research pass. They are not expanded beyond their current wording without stronger evidence.