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the investigation
'Ndrangheta, Pasquale Bonavota's fugitive status protected and financed by the Carmagnola clan
From the identity card to the rent, up to the payments for “Lopreiato” and the acronym for “Compare Antonio Moncalieri”
Published: 25/09/2024 – 16:09

TURIN There is a decisive element that would have provided further proof of the presence of a "strong 'ndrangheta association" active in the territory of Carmagnola and with an indissoluble bond with Calabria. The radars are all directed to Sant'Onofrio, historical stronghold of the Bonavota clan and lead to the fugitive of a highly wanted man: Pasquale Bonavota.

The fugitive status and capture of Bonavota
The former red primrose and clan leader designated by descent from the clan of the same name, in fact, was arrested on April 27, 2023 in Genoa, then sentenced to 28 years in prison, at the end of the "Rinascita-Scott" trial held in the bunker courtroom of Lamezia Terme. As reconstructed by the investigators of the Turin Anti-Mafia District, Pasquale Bonavota during his time on the run would have "enjoyed the support of the Piedmontese association through the conduct of Domenico Ceravolo, Antonio Serratore, Rocco Costa and Francesco D'Onofrio, who operated at least in agreement with Onofrio Garcea, historic head of the 'ndrangheta articulation of Genoa, in turn connected to the Sant'Onofrio club". This is what the investigators wrote in the arrest warrant issued against 6 individuals.


The identity card and fibrillation
On the occasion of his arrest in the Ligurian capital last year, during the search the Carabinieri found a copy of Domenico Ceravolo's identity card. The investigations, also coordinated with the Genoa DDA, would have therefore allowed them to demonstrate how Ceravolo, Serratore, D'Onofrio and Costa collaborated in guaranteeing such protection, and did so because of their membership in the 'ndrangheta , and in particular in the Carmagnola branch. Immediately after the arrest of Pasquale Bonavota, the judicial police - as can be read in the arrest - recorded an initial phase of fibrillation among the suspects. There is in particular a restaurateur, in the past linked to Bonavota, who, having heard the news, contacts Ceravolo and, alarmed, says: «Come by, it's important! Come by, it's really important!» and, in fact, the meeting will be held on the afternoon of April 30, 2023. There is, then, another important detail that emerged immediately after the arrest of the fugitive: during the search of the house where Bonavota was hiding, "photocopies of the identity card and health card of a subject whose cousin was a friend of Pasquale D'Onofrio's partner were also found" the investigators note. This subject, according to the note of the pg, would have rented a house in Genoa through the husband of a tenant, the same one who would have been contacted on more than one occasion by Pasquale Bonavota, so much so that in his cell phone the contact had been saved as " Sign. Affitti Centro".


“CAM” Lock
Antonio Serratore would also be involved in the activities supporting Pasquale Bonavota's time as a fugitive . As emerged from the investigation and the documents of the Genoa DDA, in fact, the man "would have hosted, in the month of November 2022, inside his home in La Loggia, Vincenzo Bonavota, son of Nicola, before he went to Genoa to meet his fugitive uncle". But not only that: thanks to the in-depth analysis made possible by the analysis of the forensic copy of the contents of the devices seized from the fugitive, it was possible to ascertain how "Serratore financed the time as a fugitive itself" the investigators note in the arrest.
From the analysis of the Nokia in use by Pasquale Bonavota "it emerged that the latter was in contact with a subject who lived in Turin, near Moncalieri" registered as "CAM" in the address book. The contacts took place with messages - the investigators note in the arrest - in which Pasquale Bonavota addressed to "CAM" various requests such as "good oil" , "black rs 500 adult short socks" "3 packs of Riopan" and mentioned "a certain "bricklayer" who would have gone to Genoa and to whom "CAM" could have delivered such goods" we read further. Therefore, always according to the investigators, considering the evidence collected it is actually possible to establish who "CAM" is. "Not so much and not only because, as the Pg reports, the acronym refers to "Compare Antonio Moncalieri", and therefore to Serratore who is called Antonio and lives in La Loggia, a municipality bordering Moncalieri, but above all because "the story shows how it was he who sent money to the fugitive and hosted a relative of his in La Loggia and then put him in contact with the fugitive himself", we read further in the arrest.

Payments for “Lopreiato”
But that's not all. The active role of Antonio Serratore as "an exponent of the Carmagnola gang in the management of the fugitive" was documented "unequivocally", since he allegedly financed the fugitive in 2021. In fact, the suspect allegedly "transferred money through the company "Ria Italia" for an amount of 600 euros on 04/10/2021 to a certain Francesco Lopreiato. A month later, on 3/11/2021, a further transfer of money occurred to the same Lopreiato for an amount of 640 euros" can still be read in the arrest warrant. Regarding the two operations, the investigators then acquired the identity documents of the subjects involved in the transactions, highlighting that in both circumstances "the beneficiary Francesco Lopreiato actually identified himself as Pasquale Bonavota". ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )

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the bad
The "invasive" presence of the 'ndrangheta in Rome. The empty spaces and the aggressiveness of the groups
The Capital is "the largest drug dealing center in Europe". An influx of money "not coming from legal channels" has been recorded
Published: 26/09/2024 – 14:31

ROME The Capital is considered "the largest drug dealing center in Europe ", with the Calabrian mafia and the Campanian mafia "wholesalers of the city". The presence of active cells of the 'ndrangheta on the territory is certainly not new , but in just 24 hours there have been two alarms launched on the criminal interests that gravitate in the Roman universe. There are "Pnrr works for a lot of money, the Jubilee works, and also a very important criminal center where the invasive presence of the large organized crime groups is recorded. First of all the 'ndrangheta, but there are also the mafia and the camorra that do business and manage to some extent to coexist with the local and partly also foreign groups that are emerging where above all there are the large operations of the police forces that dismantle important groups". The speaker is the prefect of Rome, Lamberto Giannini , engaged in the conference "The infiltration of organized crime in the Roman economy" organized by the Chamber of Commerce of the Capital. "This - continues the prefect - leaves gaps and groups characterized by great aggressiveness are entering ".

Drug dealing
After a red light on the contracts, the prefect turns his attention to the most prolific business of the Calabrian clans: drug trafficking. « In this phase there is a business which is that of drug trafficking and dealing which is poisoning our society and which we must fight ». Not only the 'ndrangheta, foreign groups also insist on the drug dealing areas. In Rome, in fact, there has been « a strong growth of individuals, in some areas also connected to organized fans, ultras , coming from Albania who have gradually shown themselves to be aggressive and have set up businesses. We have also had significant operations in the money laundering sector , see the recent operation of the Guardia di Finanza regarding the Chinese mafia environments ». And finally, "also the African mafias , in particular the Nigerian one which often has an impact on certain environments and certain types of crimes" such as " prostitution or other forms of exploitation where significant violence is perpetrated and where there is a state of oppression and submission ".

The movements of money
Business is business, say the Americans. The slogan is also liked and much by the Calabrian crooks who are always careful when it comes to getting their hands on legitimate businesses used to launder the proceeds of illegal activities. In Rome, in the first year of Covid "there was a collapse in corporate operations of over 20% and in the second year we expected a further collapse. Instead there was a recovery going back to pre-Covid times when the liquidity of the country and in particular in Rome had collapsed. It means that there was a significant influx of money, much of it not coming from legal circuits, which led to large investments in the Roman economy ". The statement is from the president of the Observatory of the Rome Chamber of Commerce on Policies to combat economic crime, Guglielmo Muntoni. " Drug trafficking is one of the systems with which organized crime earns, finances, laundering money - he explained - but obviously it is also within large contracts, in all contracts, and I believe this is an income no less than that of drugs . We are talking about tens of billions a year in Italy. An enormous sum that is reinvested, not only in Italy, but hardly in the areas of origin of traditional mafias", continues Muntoni. Who adds: "You don't see large investments in Sicily, Calabria , Campania. You see them in Rome, Milan, Veneto and Emilia Romagna. The operations that have been concluded are sensational and demonstrate the presence of organized structures in all regions, especially on the part of the ' ndrangheta ". (fb)

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the investigation
'Ndrangheta, Arena's extortions in Bergamo: 38 sentences requested – THE NAMES
These are the defendants who chose the abbreviated trial after the two raids in 2021. 18 years requested for Martino Tarasi
Published: 26/09/2024 – 20:05

The penalties invoked by the deputy prosecutor of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate of Brescia, Claudia Moregola, against the defendants in the trial - in the abbreviated section - born from the investigation renamed "Isola Orobica" are heavy.
This is a trial that brought together the two operations conducted in February and April 2021 with the arrest of dozens of people carried out by the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza. The investigators are sure they have brought to light a system of extortion in the field of road freight transport, as well as a mechanism of false corporate acquisitions, fraudulent bankruptcies, provision of loans at usurious rates and reinvestment of illicit capital, but not only that.

The Arenas
In the sights of the investigators, some members of the Arena clan who, with the complicity of a local entrepreneur, «would have set up a complicated system of fictitious acquisition of a transport company , in order to be able to operate firsthand within the sector and, above all, to be able to launder money from illicit activities. All the crimes were committed with the aim of facilitating the Arena clan of Isola di Capo Rizzuto. The heaviest sentence was invoked for Marino Tarasi – 18 years old – considered by the investigators «a member of the “Arena” clan (Cicala branch) for having married Antonella Arena, son of Giuseppe known as “U piddaro”, who disappeared in 2008 and is believed to be the victim of a lupara bianca».

These, therefore, are the requests for conviction invoked by the prosecutor:
APA Sunday: 1 year and 4 months;
ARENA Antonella: 6 years old
ARENA Salvatore: 6 years and 8 months;
ASTORINO Antonio: 10 and 8 months;
ASTORINO Carmine: 2 years and 8 months;
ASTORINO Salvatore Pietro: 4 years;
BORINI Mirko: 1 year;
BRASACCHIO Carmela: 4 years;
BRASACCHIO Giuseppe: 1 year;
BRASACCHIO Nicola: 5 years and 4 months;
BURATTI Claudia: 1 year and 4 months;
CAMINNECI Michelangelo Lorenzo: 5 years and 4 months;
CAPPA Salvatore: acquittal
CICCONE Antonio: 1 year and 4 months;
DEMASI Orlando: 4 years;
DEMASI Vincenzo: 3 years;
GERALDI Giuseppe: 9 years and 4 months;
GIORDANO Francesco: 2 years;
IANNONE Maria Greca: 2 years and 8 months;
LITTA Luca: 3 years and 6 months;
MATTEO Salvatore: 2 years and 8 months;
NOTARY Mario: 1 year and 2 months;
PAPALEO Giuseppe: 8 years old;
PAPALEO Saint Claudio: 7 years and 4 months;
RIILLO Gregorio: 1 year and 4 months;
SCUMACI Rosario: 5 years and 4 months;
TARASI Alberto: 6 years and 8 months;
TARASI Luigi: 2 years and 8 months;
TARASI Martino: 18 years old;
TONARELLI Giovanni: 8 years old;
TONARELLI Ottavia: 2 years;
VASAPOLLO Antonio: 7 years and 4 months;
VERTERAME Vincenzo: 6 years and 4 months;
VILLIRILLO Antonio: 3 years;
VILLIRILLO Rocco: 5 years and 8 months;
VITTIMBERGA Giuseppe: 1 year and 6 months;
VITTIMBERGA Ilaria: 1 year and 6 months;
VITTIMBERGA Lucia: 1 year and 6 months;
VRENNA Luigi: 3 years and 4 months.
The defense team includes the following lawyers: Sergio Rotundo, Francesco Marzano, Francesca Buonopane, Giuseppe Gervasi, Vincenzo Sorgiovanni, Giuseppe Napoli, Tiziano Saporito.

D'Onofrio's desire to leave Italy
It is to the unionist that the boss confides that he wants to leave Italy . He suspects he is under investigation and the coming and going of criminals in his house does not help him to feel at ease.
On June 13, D'Onofrio tells Ceravolo that he wants to leave as soon as the house arrest he is subjected to is over.
Not even a month later, the two find themselves talking about Ceravolo's trip to Brazil , which took place in July. Ceravolo informs D'Onofrio about the delays in obtaining a visa that allows a stay longer than 90 days.
"' Mpare Franco is an odyssey, look ... no 'mpare Franco is complicated because of the documents."


The offer of a thousand euros to obtain the visa
Ceravolo says he also offered 1,000 euros to a Brazilian official to issue the visa but, despite this, he had not concluded anything. The procedure for issuing the visa required the possession of other documents including the "cpf which is the tax code".
D'Onofrio seems interested in the topic of Brazil and asks for information on the documents but his alleged companion highlights the artificiality of the procedure to be followed to obtain a visa that exceeds 90 days: "The visa lasts a year and you can have it either for family reasons or as or as or you have to declare yourself a refugee, a mess". At the same time Ceravolo praises the freedom with which he could move around Brazil without being watched by the police: "You know what's great about it? You can walk... there the police don't look at you ... qua qua nobody... at least where I was, I walked on foot by now they knew me as 'mpare Franco".

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PORTO SALVO
'Ndrangheta, the “old” feud in the Vibo Valentia area: investigations closed for 22 people – NAMES
In addition to the murders of Palumbo, Longo, Fortuna and Stanganello, the Carchedi murder is also contested. And a new informer emerges
Published: 28/09/2024 – 12:02


CATANZARO A feud that would be linked to three of the four murders solved today: that of Michele Palumbo , killed in Vibo Marina in 2010, Mario Longo , victim of an ambush in Portosalvo in 2012 and Davide Fortuna , reached by the killers on the beach of Vibo Marina and killed in July of the same year. Added to these is the lupara bianca of Massimo Stanganello , presumably killed in 2008 "for a love affair with the boss's wife". For this investigation, the Catanzaro District Anti-Mafia Office, represented by deputy prosecutors Giuseppe Buzzelli and Antonio De Bernardo, have closed the investigations for 22 people. In the provision, furthermore, a further murder was contested: that of Giuseppe Pugliese Carchedi.
The protests
The DDA charges, in particular, Salvatore Tripodi, Francesco D'Ascoli Giuseppe Comito, Marziano Renato with the crime of association. Giuseppe Comito, as a participant in the direct dependencies of Antonino Accorinti, allegedly "contributed to the mafia infiltration in the hotel tourism sector and to the control of the structures under the influence of Accorinti, operating as a guard inside them, favoring the interests of the gang, interacting with other associates or with members of other organizations operating in neighboring areas and also interested in the exploitation of the tourist villages". In this context, Salvatore Tripodi and Francesco Antonio D'Ascoli "were part of the Tripodi club in Porto Salvo, originally established and promoted by Nicola Tripodi and, following his transfer to Lazio, promoted, organized and directed by Salvatore Tripodi", according to the DDA.

Investigations closed for:
Francesco Alessandria, class of '70, from Sorianello;
Francesco Barba, class of '62, from Vibo;
Rosario Battaglia, class of '84, from Piscopio;
Giuseppe Comito, class of '75, from Vibo (collaborator of justice);
Francesco D'Ascoli, class of '71, from Vibo;
Angelo David, class of '83, from Piscopio;
Stefano Farfaglia, class of '83, from Vibo;
Nazzareno Felice, class of '61, from Piscopio;
Nicola Figliuzzi, class of '90, from Soriano (collaborator of justice);
Rosario Fiorillo, class of '89, from Piscopio;
Michele Fiorillo, class of '86, from Piscopio;
Gregorio Gasparro, class of '71, from San Gregorio d'Ippona;
Pantaleone Mancuso, class of '61, from Limbadi, alias “Scarpuni”;
Renato Marziano, class of 67, from Vibo (collaborator of Justice);
Giuseppe Patania, class of '80, from Stefanaconi;
Salvatore Patania, class of '78, from Stefanaconi;
Saverio Patania, class of '76, from Stefanaconi;
Nazzareno Patania, class of '73, from Stefanaconi;
Antonino Francesco Staropoli, class of '76, from Vibo;
Salvatore Tripodi, class of '71, from Vibo Marina;
Salvatore Vita, class of '75, from Vibo Marina