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His wife is the principal bread winner in the family'
Euan Macmillan, defending
'In particular, in the 1990s, he played the role of chief of the Cosa Nostra in Trabia, Palermo.
'The operation is the result of the important relationship of international police cooperation ensured through Interpol.'
Neighbours to his £300,000 home, which has no mortgage and is registered in the name of his wife, thought he was a chauffeur because he was a sharp dresser who drove a Jaguar and a Mercedes.
Tennis coach Terry Stidder, 53, lives two houses away from the suspected crime boss's home and said the family, who then had two teenage girls, moved there in the late 1990s.
He said: ‘As much as I can tell he seemed a nice guy quiet, reserved and polite.
Nicchi, a fugitive since 2006, was convicted in 2008 of extortion and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
One man still evading capture is Matteo Messina Denaro, who has been on Italy's wanted list since 1993 for murder and other crimes.
Rancadore's arrest is not the first time someone with links to the Mafia has been held in England.
Thinking on it now, you would think you wouldn't mess with these kind of people. The Italian deputy prime minister, Angelino Alfano, said he is an "important mobster".
In 1993, after Rancadore was found not guilty of related crimes by Italian courts, he moved to But the Italian courts convicted Rancadore in 1999 in absentia of being part of a criminal organisation and was sentenced to seven years in jail.
While English authorities were aware that Rancadore was in London they were unable to arrest him because, unlike Italy, in association is not a crime.
I've seen the children grow up with my children.
"I don't know the ins and outs of this, but they are the nicest people that you could wish to meet."
However, he had been put on the list of Italy's most wanted, so the Italians were not letting this go.
In August 2013 Rancadore was finally arrested after evading police for 19 years - when he saw police arriving at his home in Manor Waye he tried to escape by the back door, running straight into a waiting policeman.
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His wife and daughter were also present.
Mr Stidder added that Rancadore drove a Mercedes as well as the Jaguar.
The incredible story of the Mafia boss who lived in Uxbridge
Italian police listed him as one of Italy's 'most wanted criminals'
Uxbridge is a lovely, leafy, semi-suburban town on the outskirts of London - perfect for young families and retirees.
And, apparently, Mafia bosses.
We guess it makes sense - rather than hide in a grand Central London house, tuck yourself away in Greater London and open a travel agency with your wife.
That's what Sicilian Mafia boss Domenico Rancadore did in 1993, after being found not guilty of Mafia related crimes in Italy - although he later was found guilty of being part of a criminal organisation and was sentenced to seven years in jail, but by this time he was safely in England.
READ MORE: 5 of the most brilliant Tom Hardy moments from Peaky BlindersAlso known as The Teacher, Rancadore was the head of a crime family known as the Cosa Nostra in Palermo, a group that 'spread terror in Sicily' and murdered anyone who didn't comply with their rules.
Once he moved to Uxbridge he was safe - he couldn't be targeted by other Mafiosos, and the English legal system doesn't recognise Mafia association as a crime.
Rancadore, 64, had been living a double life as a house husband while his British wife ran a travel agency. Rancadore was arrested following a European arrest warrant being issued.
He also continued to receive his Italian teacher’s pension automatically into his Italian bank account. “We have had news that the Palermo boss Domenico Rancadore, who has been convicted .
Thinking on it now, you would think you wouldn't mess with these kind of people'
Terry Stidder, neighbour
Mr Stidder said: ‘He had a row with a neighbour over the bushes.
Domenico Rancadore
teacher
Domenico Rancadore is accused by the Italian government of being a past boss in the Sicilian also known as Cosa Nostra.
Sources in Italy said today that Scotland Yard detectives were waiting for him when he came back from work last night.
The fugitive then saw the officers and tried to flee but was unable to get away.
Neighbour Joan Hills, 76, said Rancadore and his family had lived in the road for several years.
'I know him very well and he's one of the best neighbours you could ever have,' she said.
'They have been here for years.
Domenico Rancadore, 64, known as “The Professor”, was described by Italy’s Interior Minister as one of the most dangerous convicted Mafia chieftains at large.
Neighbours said that they knew him as Marc Skinner. There was a black Jaguar car parked in the drive. He was as surprised as one would be, understandably, when the police arrived at his property.