Italian police detain group of robbers aged 60 to 70

Italian police detained a criminal group whose members ranged in age from 51 to 76 years.

Report informs via TASS that according to the La Repubblica newspaper, the group consisted of six people, who robbed post offices. Its leader was 70-year-old Italo De Witt, who rose to prominence in the 1990s after robbing a bank in central Rome. In May 2023, a criminal group raided one of the post offices in Rome, stealing 195,000 euros. The gang members were detained in November 2023 after attempting to take 150,000 euros from another post office.

As a result of the investigation, De Witt and his two accomplices received four years in prison. Various preventive measures were applied to three more members of the group, who were accused of facilitating the commission of crimes.