Published on

26/08/2026 - 17:10 GMT+2

Spain's National Police have arrested a fugitive known as the "escape master" in Tarragona.

The man was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities. His record includes escapes from prisons in Terni and Parma in Italy, as well as from a prison in Belgium.

In his latest breakout in December, he managed to escape a high-security Italian prison after sawing through the bars of a window and climbing down the building using knotted bedsheets, according to police.