Overview
- Italian authorities arrested the Slovak national in Milan on February 11 as he arrived for the Slovakia–Finland Winter Olympics hockey game.
- He has been wanted since a 2010 Bolzano tribunal conviction for a series of shop thefts, carrying a sentence of 11 months and 7 days.
- Local reports indicate the guesthouse alerted police after the man completed his registration, triggering his identification.
- Officers detained him before he could attend the match, which Slovakia won 4–1.
- He was taken to Milan’s San Vittore prison and is being held pending enforcement of the outstanding sentence.