Overview

• Polizia Ferroviaria officers on routine patrol at Milan Central Station identified a man matching the fugitive’s photo and confirmed his identity through AFIS fingerprint analysis.
• The 31-year-old French national had vanished on June 22 after gendarmes discovered his mother and brother slain in their Argenteuil apartment.
• To mislead authorities, he presented a stolen social assistance card at the time of arrest, earning an additional charge of identity substitution.
• Divisione Sirene’s activation of FAST Italy and coordination with French police units ensured swift cross-border verification and detention.
• He remains held at Milan’s San Vittore prison under murder and identity substitution charges as he awaits extradition proceedings before the Corte d’Appello.