'Master of Escapes' caught in Spain after fourth prison break
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Wed, 26 August 2026
8 reports- El País (Spain)12:58first to report
El hombre, de 42 años, ha logrado esacapar de cuatro cárceles: tres italianas y una belga. La última, un centro de máxima seguridad en Milán
- thelocal.es14:04
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.
- ANSA (Italy)14:29
Il 42enne albanese era evaso il 7 dicembre 2025 dal carcere di Opera
- ANSA English (Italy)14:34
The 42-year-old Albanian escaped from Opera prison on December 7, 2025
- Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)14:55
Era fuggito quattro volte da altrettanti penitenziari, tre in Italia e uno in Belgio, tanto da essere soprannominato il “mago delle evasioni”. Ora la latitanza di Toma Taulant, 42 anni, albanese ricercato dalla giustizia italiana, è terminata in Spagna. L’uomo è stato arrestato a Tarragona, in Catalogna, dalla polizia nazionale spagnola. Il fermo è avvenuto […] L'articolo Arrestato in Spagna il “mago delle evasioni”: era fuggito quattro volte da carceri italiane proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano .
- Google News - Europe query15:10
'Escape master' who broke out of multiple prisons across Europe arrested in Spain Euronews.com
- The Guardian World16:22
Albanian criminal has cut bars, descended sheets and even used human pyramid in escapes in Italy and Belgium Police in Spain have arrested a dangerous Albanian criminal nicknamed the “escape wizard” who has managed to break out of four jails in Italy and Belgium by sawing through bars, clambering down knotted sheets and even using a human pyramid to breach prison walls. The fugitive, who has not been officially named, was arrested after officers from the Policía Nacional force discovered he was...
- Index.hr (Croatia)16:50
U TARRAGONI u Španjolskoj uhićen je bjegunac tražen u Italiji.
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- Novinky (Czechia)05:12
Španělské policii se minulý pátek podařilo dopadnout nebezpečného albánského zločince, kterému se podařilo uniknout už ze čtyř věznic v Itálii a Belgii. Zločinec prořezával mříže, slézal po zauzlovaných prostěradlech a dokonce ke zdolaní vězeňských stěn využil jednou i lidskou pyramidu.