Maestrale, Mantella and the 'ndrangheta's "ethical code": A woman can be killed, a child cannot
GIANLUCA PRESTIA | July 27, 2024 5:44 PM | 0 commentsA hearing in the Maestrale-Carthago trial
A hearing in the Maestrale-Carthago trial
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Former Vibo boss Andrea Mantella talks about the so-called ethical code of the 'ndrangheta at the “Maestrale” trial against the Vibo clans

VIBO VALENTIA – A woman who has cheated on her husband can be killed without the perpetrator being removed from the organisation or demoted by the 'ndrangheta. A child, however, never. This is the ethical code that Andrea Mantella, former boss of Vibo, a collaborator of justice since 2016, speaks about during a recent hearing of the maxi-trial of the mafia clans of the Vibo area, “Maestrale” , which is being held in the bunker courtroom – increasingly desolately empty – in the industrial area of ??Lamezia. The person asking the collaborator questions, during cross-examination, is the lawyer Tommaso Zavaglia to probe the credibility of the witness.

FORMER BOSS MANTELLA AND THE 'NDRANGHETA'S ETHICAL CODE: “THERE CAN'T BE GAYS”
The opening is with reference to the murder of his cousin Filippo Gancitano – about whom Mantella has reported extensively in “Rinascita-Scott” – because he was homosexual. “Was he killed because of an internal code of the ‘ndrangheta?” asks the lawyer and the repentant confirms: “Yes, correct. According to the logic of the ‘ndrangheta, in a Local, with its codes and ethical regulations, it is expected that there cannot be gay people, with stains of honor, that is, infamous, etc.”

Another question: “Does this code of honor, as far as you know, also include further exclusions?” And Mantella also replies affirmatively in this case: “Further exclusions… to have the Camorra’s dowry, one could also incur in an outburst. In fact, what I attempted to save Gancitano’s life, to degrade him with… rites that are honestly embarrassing to report in court”.

MANTELLA: “A CHEATING WOMAN CAN BE KILLED”, REVELATIONS ON THE 'NDRANGHETA CODE
Zavaglia insists on the point and asks again if there is a rule by virtue of which individuals who are responsible for the rape of a woman cannot belong to criminal organizations, to this 'ndrangheta-type criminal organization: "Absolutely not", the reply, "people who are responsible for the rape of a woman cannot be affiliated, they cannot be part of it, of course, absolutely, it is not allowed. And honestly, if you already have some dowry, you pay the price either with death or with degradation". However, on this point Andrea Mantella makes a distinction: "But we need to see for what reason the woman is killed. If there are reasons of honor, that she is cheating on her husband, or ... how the 'ndrangheta considers this stain of honor, no; on the contrary, it is a source of pride".

“CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED”
“And would the killing of a child be permitted by the code of honor?”, the lawyer finally asks and Mantella replies: “The child absolutely, there would be no reason to kill a child, absolutely. According to what I know, based on this ethical code of the 'ndrangheta, similar episodes would fall, like rape, under a cause for exclusion of the member or in any case of impossibility of affiliation”.

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