Greco was initially arrested in 2003 and convicted of political corruption, extortion and murder. After being sentenced to 22 years in prison, he was granted early release in 2016 for good behavior. However, shortly after his release, he went on the run and had been evading law enforcement until now.

Greco had been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted list for several years before finally being arrested in Miami after a tip came in to the FBI.

His arrest was welcomed by law enforcement officials and politicians who called him a “dangerous mobster.” Greco is known to have ties to organized crime, including the infamous Genovese crime family and the Cosa Nostra.

Throughout his career, he has been linked to various illegal activities including loan-sharking, murder-for-hire, racketeering, money steering and drug trafficking. He is now facing new charges that could lead to an even longer jail sentence.

Greco was incarcerated in 2014 and since then has been transferred to multiple high-security prisons including United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California and Federal Correctional Complex Coleman in Sumterville, Florida. While most of the time Greco is housed in the general population he has also had periods of solitary confinement.

During his incarceration, Greco has had numerous appeals to try to reduce or dismiss some of his sentence but these have all been unsuccessful. Its believed that appeals such as this one could be an attempt by organized crime members to loosen the stranglehold on famous mobsters like him.