His name was on the Italian Interior ministry's list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, until his arrest on November 9, 2011, in Reggio Calabria.
[2] He is a nephew of Antonio Pelle,[1] the patriarch of the San Luca locale and the 'Ndrangheta capo crimine, the titular head of the organisation, although with little effective power.
[3] According to investigators, Sebastiano Pelle had returned to San Luca to take over when his uncle died in November 2009.
[1] He was wanted since 1995 for membership of a criminal association aimed at trafficking weapons and drugs internationally, as well as for other crimes.
[2][4] Pelle spent years abroad managing the cocaine trade for the San Luca clans.