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‘Master of Escapes’ Caught in Spain After 4th Prison Break

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Spanish police have arrested a fugitive dubbed the “Master of Escapes” after he broke out of prison four times, most recently from a maximum-security facility in Italy, authorities said Wednesday.

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He had fled four times from as many penitentiaries, three in Italy and one in Belgium, so much so as to have been nicknamed the "magician of the escapees." Now the fugitive of Toma Taulant, 42 years old, Albanian wanted by Italian justice, ended in Spain. The man was arrested in Tarragona, Catalonia, by the Spanish national police. The arrest took place [...] The article Arrested in Spain the "magician of the escapes": had escaped four times fro…

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was arrested in Catalonia Toma Taulant, 42 years old, otherwise known as "the magician of escapes." The Albanian fugitive wanted by Italian justice had escaped...

·Rome, Italy
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The Spanish national police arrested in Tarragona, Catalonia, Toma Taulant, 42, the Albanian fugitive wanted by Italian justice and known as 'the magician of escapes'. (ANSA)

·Rome, Italy
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The 42-year-old man has escaped from four prisons: three in Italy and one in Belgium. The last was a maximum-security prison in Milan.

·Madrid, Spain
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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