May 4, 1950 - Renato Vallanzasca
Vallanzasca built his reputation through a sustained campaign of robbery, kidnapping, and murder that made him one of the most prominent figures in Milan's criminal underworld across the 1970s. The scale of his convictions — four consecutive life sentences plus nearly three centuries in additional prison time — reflects the breadth of harm attributed to him. What complicates his legacy is the public fascination that followed: in Milan, he became something of a folk antihero, a reminder of how notoriety can accrue its own cultural weight independent of the violence that created it.
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Renato Vallanzasca Costantini (Italian pronunciation: [reˈnaːto vallanˈdzaska, -ˈtsaska]; born 4 May 1950) is a notorious Italian mobster from Milan who was a powerful figure in the Milanese underworld during the 1970s.
Following numerous robberies, kidnappings, murders, and many years as a fugitive, he is currently serving four consecutive life sentences with an additional 295 years in prison, but with permission to work outside during the day. This enables him to go to work every morning in a workshop in the periphery of Milan, making bags from recycled material. He is a local celebrity in Milan, famous for appealing to part of public opinion for his image linked to the "myth of the bandit".
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