Francesco Barone accused of killing his mother to punish her for having an affair with Domenico Cacciola, a member of a rival family in the 'Ndrangheta.

An alleged Italian mafia gangster was arrested on suspicion of murdering his mother after she began an affair with a godfather from a rival gang.

The vendetta was carried out according to "the archaic rules" of the 'Ndrangheta, the powerful mafia syndicate that is based in the southern region of Calabria, police said.

Francesco Barone, 22, is accused of killing his mother, Francesca Bellocco, in order to punish her for having an affair with Domenico Cacciola, a member of a rival family in the 'Ndrangheta.

The suspected murder took place in the town of Rosarno, at the southern tip of Calabria, in Aug 2013.

Shortly afterwards 50-year-old Caccialo disappeared and police believe that he too may have been killed as part of the vendetta.

Police suspect Francesco Barone of hiding his mother's body, which has still not been found.

They said he had led a "commando" of hit men who helped him murder his mother and then dispose of her body.

He was arrested by Carabinieri police officers in Rosarno on Wednesday.

Considered to be one of Europe's most ruthless criminal groups, the Calabrian mafia has grown rich from the importing of cocaine from Latin America.

Prosecutors say it has forged close links with cocaine cartels in Colombia and Mexico.

Since Italy plunged into an economic slump five years ago, the 'Ndrangheta has also extended its reach into the centre and north of the country, buying up businesses in Rome, Milan and Bologna.

Calabria, which forms the toe of the Italian boot, is one of Europe's poorest regions.

It has an unemployment rate of 23 per cent, the highest in Italy.

Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11540060/Italian-gangster-killed-mother-in-revenge-for-affair-with-rival-mafia-boss-say-police.html

When your lifestyle causes you to kill your own mother, you know you're fucked up. No words for this, disgusting.

Fucked up to us but the life to them . Messing with a mans honor over there is death , that's it

My mother worked a place and her co worker walked in on his wife having an affair with a guy in his house. He lets the guy leave.

Then he kills her wife. Then try's to get rid of the body by cutting her up into little pieces and flushing them down the toilet bowl.

Evidently, he did not cut the pieces small enough. He backed up his toilet and the toilet over flowed and caused a leak in the ceiling in the apartment below him.

Let's be honest,his ma knew the rules and knew of the potential consequences if her behaviour came to light. She no doubt benefited from her family's lifestyle while she was alive ,now she's paying for it. But did the son have to do the actual work?? No words is right ,clean bandit. Sick

It's no better and no worse than the way Muslim Extremists treat their women in similar situations. You read horror stories about fathers stoning their daughters to death for bringing dishonor upon Allah, or whatever the fuck that boogeyman's name is.

But this is no different. Just because he has an Italian name doesn't make him any less culpable than a guy named Karim or Abdul. They're both animals cut from the same cloth.

That's exactly right pizzaboy. Just like the so called `honour killings` inflicted on Muslim wife's and daughters there is absolutely no honour in this at all.

She was the niece of the boss.

Italian boys and their mommy issues.



I'm kidding, and Pizzaboy is spot on with his post.

All of us Dagos are momma's boys in one way or another...

Ain't that the truth

Why I oughtta?!?...

@Mark
Only in your dreams...I'd have you in a headlock so fast you'd be crying for your MAMMA you know since you're a mamma's boy

True dat.

This pretty disturbing. There are parts of Greece that still adhere to old (barbaric) traditions (vendettas etc.), but his own mother? My God.

But if they don't have a body, how much can they do with "suspicion"?