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Italian Mafia Fugitive’s Cooking Videos Lead Cops to Hideout

CHEF’S KISS

The alleged coke smuggler kept his face covered during the YouTube tutorials, but police recognized his tattoos.

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Alleged Mafia cocaine smuggler Marc Feren Claude Biart spent seven years on the lam—until he made two mistakes. First, he decided to show off his knife skills by posting cooking videos to YouTube. Second, he forgot to cover up his tattoos. The BBC reports that Italian investigators recognized the ink and tracked down the chef to the Dominican Republic, where he was arrested. Hauled back to Italy, Biart, 53, now faces charges he was in cahoots with the Cacciola family of the fearsome 'Ndrangheta.

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