Italian police have arrested an alleged hacker with links to organized crime.

"Fabrizio Iannelli, 33, was arrested on arrival at Rome's Fiumicino Airport after being expelled from Thailand... Police had succeeded in intercepting Iannelli's communications and tracked him down to the Thai island of Koh Samui," writes PC World's Philip Willan.

"Iannelli allegedly collaborated with Camorra (Naples Mafia) organizations in the Scampia and Vasto Arenaccia areas of Naples to hack into the Web sites of online businesses," Willan writes.

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