Giovanni Strangio

In 2007, his name appeared on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy as well as in Germany,[1] Strangio was arrested in Amsterdam on March 12, 2009.

[4] He was one of two gunmen that killed six Italian men in front of the Da Bruno restaurant near the main railway station.

His apartment in Kaarst was searched and it appeared that he had left it in a hurry, leaving a large amount of money behind.

[10] The second gunman is believed to be Strangio’s brother-in-law Giuseppe Nirta, also wanted for international cocaine trafficking, who was arrested on May 23, 2008.

[18] On July 12, 2011, the Corte d'Assise of Locri sentenced Strangio to life imprisonment for the Duisburg killings.