An alleged Italian mafia boss has been arrested on a fresh international warrant a week after he was told he was free to remain in the UK.
Domenico Rancadore had been told by a judge he could return to his home in Uxbridge, west London, after prosecutors withdrew their appeal against a ruling that blocked his extradition to Italy.
But he was arrested in Uxbridge on Friday night on a European Arrest Warrant by officers from Scotland Yard's extradition unit.
The 65-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Saturday morning.
Adam Harbinson, representing the Italian authorities, told the court he was "one of the heads of one of the most powerful mafia associations in Italy."
He said the latest arrest warrant is identical to the previous one, except that it provided assurances about the prison conditions he would be faced with in Italy.
The house in Uxbridge where Rancadore was arrested Scotland Yard had earlier said in a statement: "(The warrant) alleges that he has an outstanding sentence of seven years' imprisonment to serve for participation in Mafia association between December 17, 1987 and April 13, 1995 in Palermo, Italy."
The warrant was issued in Italy and certified by the UK's National Crime Agency.
Rancadore wore a beige sweater, blue shirt and black trousers and waved to his wife, Anne, in the public gallery.
He was remanded in custody and told to appear at the same court for a bail hearing next week.
Known as "The Professor", Rancadore was arrested in Britain last August after 20 years on the run.
He had won his legal fight against extradition on March 17 on the basis that returning to Italy's overcrowded prisons would breach his human rights.
At a hearing last week, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed they had lodged an appeal, but said it was not served within the statutory time limit and was therefore being withdrawn.
Rancadore fled to England in 1994 with his wife and two children, and lived under the false name of Marc Skinner.
Italian authorities claim he was a leading figure in the Cosa Nostra, a Sicilian mafia group controlling Trabia near Palermo.
He is one of Italy's most wanted criminals and was sentenced to seven years in prison in his absence.
Italian police claim he was involved in extortion, racketeering and drug trafficking.
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