Cocaine, Dia: "Cosa Nostra seeks autonomy from the 'Ndrangheta"

The seizure off the eastern coast of Sicily relaunches the perspectives put forward in the latest six-monthly report

The seizure of two tons of cocaine off the eastern coast of Sicily relaunches the prospects put forward by the Dia in its latest six-monthly report, which indicates a three-way game (Cosa nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra) for drug supply, but with the Sicilian mafia in search of autonomy and a new international role.

«In drug trafficking – reads Dia's six-monthly report – Cosa Nostra commits its best resources to the coordination and management of markets and drug dealing squares, the latter entrusted to criminal groups sometimes directly affiliated. In the ultra-regional dimension, it establishes commercial relations and forges alliances or forms of cooperation with other mafia groups (such as 'Ndrangheta and Camorra) for the supply of larger quantities, even on a large scale".

«In particular – continues the Report – the investigative results of the first half of 2022 have demonstrated how the Cosa Nostra has kept open a preferential channel of negotiation with the Calabrian 'ndrine especially for the supply of cocaine. It cannot be excluded that Cosa Nostra may, in the short term, manage to free itself from the supply channels mentioned due to the first attempts to restore the old flows with suppliers from the American continent, so as to regain the role of international player in the drug trafficking".