Mafia hitman called 'Scarface' tracked down 'because he used Facebook too much'

One of Italy's most wanted Mafia suspects has been arrested after being tracked down via his Facebook account. Pasquale Manfredi, 33, logged on to the social networking site so often detectives were able to trace his hideout using sophisticated electronic tracking equipment.

Manfredi, who adopted the nickname 'Scarface' in honour of the classic 1980s gangstar film starring Al Pacino, is a suspected boss of the the ferocious 'Ndrangheta mafia organisation from the Calabria region in southern Italy. He was wanted over the murder of a rival gang leader, who was killed after his car was blown up by a bazooka.

Officers had been tipped off that Manfredi was a fan of the global social networking sight and regularly logged on. Surveillance equipment showed he was hiding out in a one-bedroomed basement flat in in the isolated town of Isola Capo Rizzuto in southern Italy.

The area is the heartland of the 'Ndrangheta, the group behind the so-called 'Duisburg Massacre' two years ago in which six mobsters were gunned down in a German pizzeria.

Officers from the Rome Central Operation Service handled the investigation along with local officers in the town of Crotone and were led by Edgardo Giobbi, who was also involved in the Meredith Kercher case.

Manfredi would log on under the Facebook name 'Georgie' and even had a picture of Scarface on his site - officers said they believed he received coded orders via the site and also kept in touch with other mobsters.

Manfredi had more than 200 friends on his Facebook site and police are going through them systematically to see if any others are involved in Mafia activity or are wanted.

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