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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)