A note from the Ministry of the Interior, published on the digital site of the newspaper Il Messaggero and in other local media, indicates that the investigations, coordinated by the prosecutors of Bari and Ancona, in the southern region of Puglia, led to his capture in the European zone of Rome, where he was hiding.

Bonalumi, linked to the Foggia Society mafia organisation, was the author of famous robberies of banks, jewellery shops and armoured trucks for transporting valuables, and will have to serve more than 13 years in prison for these crimes, as well as for extortion, illegal access to computer systems and fraudulent interception of conversations.

In 2008 he stole more than five million euros from the vault of the NP Service Surveillance Institute and was also the author of a hit in 2012 against the former Bank of Naples, in the city of Foggia, where he emptied hundreds of safe deposit boxes from which he stole precious objects and cash worth around 15 million euros.

Later, in that last year, he planned a robbery in the vault of the Bank of Italy, in Ancona, where he intended to appropriate around 200 million euros, but while preparing that action he was arrested in a residence in the city of Fermo, located in the central region of Le Marche.

In January 2021, he disappeared and a search for his arrest began, after which the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, told the press that “the results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of the work and the patient and incessant commitment of those who work to guarantee the security of our country.”

The capture of Bolanumi “is a strong and clear sign that the State is present there, where it is necessary to fight crime and illegality,” added Piantedosi.

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