Lure of Olympics leads to fugitive’s arrest…. after 16 yrs

To quote from one report:

A Slovak fugitive thief was arrested in Milan after checking into accommodation near the city to watch his national ice hockey team compete at the Winter Olympics, Italian police said on Friday.

The 44-year-old man was wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Bolzano court in 2010 for thefts in commercial establishments, the Carabinieri said in a statement.

Police tracked the man down on Wednesday morning after receiving an automatic alert from accommodation in the Baggio district on the outskirts of Milan when he checked in.

The fugitive told authorities he had travelled to Milan to support Slovakia's hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. He was taken to San Vittore prison to serve a remaining sentence of 11 months and seven days for property crimes.

Slovakia played Finland on Wednesday afternoon, but the arrested man could not attend as he was already in custody.