The fugitive Leo Caridi, boss of the 'ndrina Caridi-Borghetto-Zindato, arrested in Switzerland, was extradited to Italy.

Maria Rita Lo Giudice took her own life by jumping of the fifth floor of her home. The 25-year-old girl is the daughter and granddaughter of prominent members of the 'Ndrangheta in Reggio. She had a brilliant university career, but felt isolated from the choice to distance herself from the family history.

Another tragic fuckin post about an Ndrangheta family member, who didn't know HOW to break away, PSYCHOLOGICALLY.

A lot of people don't get that aspect of growing up in a CRIME FAMILY. More than just a tough neighborhood, but when YOUR FAMILY, adheres to a criminal code.

That girl was probably an outcast amongst everything she ever knew, and all she did was try to live like a regular person.

It's not an easy thing to walk away from your siblings, parents, friends you grew up with, to completely break away from the culture. But it's the only way, ain't no half stepping with it......

Police close two public schools over mafia links
The Local
news@thelocal.it
7 April 2017
13:30 CEST+02:00

Italian police on Friday seized two public schools in Calabria, southern Italy as part of an anti-mafia raid.
Military police cordoned off two of Locri's public schools - the State Institute of Art and the State Professional Institute for Industry and Craftsmanship - as part of the sting.

The schools, which have a combined total of around 800 students, were "totally illegal", police said, lacking proper documentation or permits.

It is not yet clear when or whether the schools will reopen, as that decision will depend on safety and security checks ordered by the public prosecutor.

Further anti-mafia raids were carried out on private residences, and police seized assets worth 12 million euros.

In total, 15 people were charged, issued with arrest warrants, or placed under house arrest, with one suspect jailed.

The suspects include employees at local authorities in the towns of Locri and Reggio Calabria, as well as businessmen and employees of the companies which built the two schools.

The accusations range from fraud to coercion and abuse of office, all of which are aggravated due to the connection with organized crime groups.

https://www.thelocal.it/20170407/police-seize-two-public-schools-over-mafia-links

A week ago they arrested Salvatore Commisso he has the position of "the day master". The man helped to direct and coordinate the association taking the most important decisions, giving roles and other associated provisions, participating in rituals and affiliation of "conferring gifts ". Also he would have taken care of relations with Giuseppe Commisso aka "the master".

Calabria has the highest rate of youth unemployment in the EU, 58.7%.

Which would give the 'Ndrangheta a steady supply of hungry and ambitious young men to pick from as their enforcers.

The boss Antonio Cataldo arrested in Locri.

http://lacnews24.it/26650/cronaca/ndrangheta-arrestato-locri-boss-cataldo.html

Ndrangheta-linked narco trafficker got (2)
Pasquale Michael Assisi son of fugitive boss Nicola

(ANSA) - Turin, May 4 - Italian police on Thursday arrested in Turin a member of a family of narco traffickers with links to the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia. Pasquale Michael Assisi, 30, is the son of fugitive boss Nicola Assisi, 59, on the run from a 13-year sentence for drug trafficking, and the brother of Patrick, 34, believed to be hiding in South America. 'Ndrangheta controls the European cocaine market.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_...f031f728e6.html

Rocco Papalia, 67, has been released. He's one of the most important and powerful bosses of the 'Ndrangheta rooted in the North, in the municipalities of Corsico and Buccinasco, near Milan.
Papalia was in prison since September 10, 1992, when he began his long detention in Cagliari, for a long series of crimes, committed in the 80s onwards: from drug trafficking to kidnapping.

Champagne and pastries for the boss Papalia’s return in Buccinasco
A constant coming and going. A secular procession to the house of the boss Rocco Papalia, to celebrate his return home after twenty-six years in prison. But his release worries investigators

http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronac...l?refresh_ce-cp

Another crack in the Grande Aracri clan. Giuseppe Liperoti, formerly cashier of the clan, has repented.

http://gazzettadireggio.gelocal.it/reggi...3025?refresh_ce

Italy: 'Ndrangheta Boss Arrested while having Lunch
Written by Lorenzo Bagnoli

Rocco Barbaro, a relevant ‘Ndrangheta boss known as "u’ sparitu" (the disappeared), was caught in his daughter’s flat while fugitive in his hometown Platì, a small village in Calabria. He was having lunch with the family. Platì is a stronghold of ‘Ndrangheta clans, a safe heaven for mafiosi.
Barbaro has been fugitive since 2015, when he was sentenced for association in mafia and for a property fictitiously registered. The Italian Interior Minister shortlisted Rocco Barbaro among the 30 most dangerous fugitives in Italy.
Barbaro is an influent boss in Lombardy, the richest Italian region: he was in charge of managing businesses between Platì and Northern regions. His clan, the Barbaro-Papalia, is particularly influential in drug trafficking. During a phone conversation tapped by the Italian police, a mafia affiliate, called Agostino Catanzariti, defined Rocco Barbaro as the “capo dei capi” (boss of the bosses) in Lombardy because of his strong relationships in the whole region.
Barbaro moved to Buccinasco, a small municipality in the outskirt of the Italian economical capital Milan, in 2012, after serving 15 years in prison for international drug trafficking. Since his clan moved to Buccinasco, the place is called "the Platì of North", because of the pervasive presence of ‘ndrangheta families.
In Buccinasco, Barbaro worked officially in a tyre shop. According to investigations run by Milan prosecutors, Barbaro was the real owner of a bar called "Vecchia Milano" used as headquarter by the local mafia families.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6431-italy-ndrangheta-boss-arrested-while-having-lunch

Police op nabs heads of De Stefano 'Ndrangheta clan
Reggio Calabria, May 11 - A police operation on Thursday 'decapitated' the De Stefano clan of Calabria's powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia, sources said. In the operation, two former big fugitives of justice, Orazio De Stefano and Paolo Rosario De Stefano, an uncle and nephew thought to be helm of the organization, were among five people detained. Orazio De Stefano spent 16 years on the run before being captured in 2004.

http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/n...gheta-clan.html

The Italian government on Thursday dissolved three town councils in Reggio Calabria due to evidence of 'ndrangheta infiltration. The affected towns were Laureana di Borrello, Bova Marina and Gioia Tauro.

https://theconversation.com/italian-judg...long-term-73499

Italian judges removing children from mafia families are right to think long term.

The financial police of Reggio Calabria seized goods, with a value of 28 million euros, from the businessman Angelo Restuccia. It was found that the farmer started and increased his activity back in the 80s thanks to the backing of the Piromalli and Mancuso clans. For prosecutors and investigators, therefore, Restuccia is an emblematic example of "mafia entrepreneur." They have also highlighted the disparity between income and accumulated assets.

Italy busts mafia clan, Catholic group in migrant scandal

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world...5#ixzz4h8y9h0Oz

'Ndrangheta cocaine trafficking ring smashed
21 mobsters arrested in Milan, Rome and Catanzaro


(ANSA) - Milan, May 23 - The Milan branch of the Italian DDA anti-mafia unit has targeted drug trafficking activities by a branch of the organized crime group 'Ndrangheta, originally from the southern Calabria region.
An operation was begun by the Carabinieri in the early morning hours of Tuesday to arrest 21 individuals on charges of criminal association for drug trafficking, with the aggravating circumstance of using mafia-type methods. The arrests have taken place in the Milan, Monza and Brianza, Perugia, Alessandria, Catanzaro, Rome, Varese and Vercelli provinces.
Measures have also been carried out in Germany. The investigation began after the Bareggio arrest in flagrante delicto in September 2015 of one of those under investigation, who was found in possession of 30 kilograms of cocaine. The soldiers discovered the existence of an association based in Arluno, near Milan, and connected with the 'Ndrangheta family Gallace, which holds sway over Guardavalle near Catanzaro and which has branches both in Lombardy and in the Lazio towns of Anzio and Nettuno. The mafia-type criminal organization, the latest in a long string of similar ones to make their appearance in the Milan area, allegedly controlled immense trafficking of cocaine and imports of the illegal substance from South America.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2017/05/...e389733f6a.html

Carabinieri of the ROS have arrested five people accused of a series of murders in the late '90s and early years of this decade as part of the so-called " Platì feud "that pitted the time Marando and Trimboli families. The suspects are Rosario Barbaro, 77, Saverio Trimboli (43), Rosario Marando (49), Bruno Polito (45) and Domenico Trimboli (36).
The investigation that led to the detentions started after the death of Pasquale Marando in 2002. The police have found that Marando was killed and his body disappeared at the hands of members of the family Trimboli with permission from Rosario Barbaro, head of the local of Plati. The feud ended after the intervention of the higher-order structure of the "Crimine".

112 yrs asked in Piedmont 'Ndrangheta trial
8 yrs requested for Juve capo ultra Rocco Dominello

(ANSA) - Turin, May 26 - Prosecutors on Friday asked a total of 112 years in prison for 15 of the 23 defendants in the 'Alto Piemonte' (North Piedmont) trial on Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia infiltration in the Turin area.
The longest term, 17 years one month and 16 days, was asked for Diego Raso, a member of the so-called Santhià branch of the Calabrian Mob.
Among the defendants are Saverio Dominello and his son Rocco, a capo ultra of Juventus, both accused of mafia association and attempted murder, for whom prosecutors have asked 12 and eight years respectively. In the dock for externally aiding and abetting mafia association there is also another Juve fan, Fabio Germani, for whom five years in jail have been requested.
One part of the probe, in fact, regards attempts by Calabrian organised crime to infiltrate Juve fan circles via ticket touting. In a sporting probe, the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) is looking into meetings where Juve Chairman Andrea Agnello allegedly met Rocco Dominello.
Agnelli has admitted meeting him but stressed there had never been any "pressure" exerted on Juve.
A hearing in the FIGC probe was adjourned Friday until after the Champions League final between Juve and Real Madrid in Cardiff on June 3.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2017/05/...69773529c4.html

Italian Carabinieri Arrest Major 'Ndrangheta Drug Boss
Published: Friday, 02 June 2017 15:44
Written by Cecilia Anesi, Investigative Reporting Project Italy

Calabria’s Carabinieri Military police arrested Friday morning a ‘ndrangheta drug lord they were searching the last 23 years for.

Police hammer through Giorgi's fireplace (Photo: Carabinieri, Reggio Calabria)

After sitting quietly in the same position during the five-hour police search of his Calabrian home, Giuseppe Giorgi had to move his body that grew stiff.
The cracking sound he made revealed his hideout and investigators who were knocking down the walls, turned their hammers toward the fireplace.
"U Capra" - or "the Goat" - had escaped arrest after being sentenced in 1994 to a jail term of 28 years and eight months for international drug trafficking. Authorities thought for long he was hiding in Germany or Latin America.
But as investigators hammered out a few bricks behind the fireplace at his house in his birthplace of San Luca, Calabria, the 56 year-old climbed out of his secret bunker and shook the hand of an officer for a job well done in finding him.
‘U Capra’ was the most important drug lord for the family Romeo alias Staccu of San Luca, a tiny Calabrian village but a ‘ndrangheta stronghold.
The Giorgi family of San Luca is dedicated to cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Northern Europe and has strong contacts with Colombian cartels as well as cells in The Netherlands and Germany.
It is well connected with other famous 'ndrangheta clans rooted in Northern Europe, particularly in Duisburg, Germany, where they own bars and hotels and where cocaine is distributed throughout Germany after it arrives from the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Giorgi was among the most wanted fugitives in Italy. Former mafiosi who after their arrest started collaborating with the police, claimed Giorgi was involved also in arms trafficking and illegal disposal of toxic and radioactive waste.
Ships loaded with hazardous waste were allegedly sunk with dynamite off the Italian coast.
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/6534-italian-carabinieri-arrest-major-ndrangheta-drug-boss

‘Ndrangheta mobster Giuseppe “the Goat” Giorgi receives a “baciamano” from an admiring neighbor on the way to jail.

Video: http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/media/N...9e30c3da47.html

Giuseppe Giorgi arrested by police in July 2017 after 23 years on the run!

Italian mafia drug lord arrested in Geneva pizza restaurant

Police in Geneva on Friday arrested a member of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia group in a pizza restaurant in the city’s Italianate district of Carouge.
The 39-year-old man, considered the brains behind an international drug trafficking ring, had been on the run for the past two years after being sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison in Italy, reported La Tribune de Genève on Monday.

Convicted for trafficking cocaine from Columbia and heroin from Pakistan and Afghanistan, he vanished in October 2015 when under house arrest, which had been granted due to health reasons.

During an investigation lasting several months, Italian authorities discovered that the man lived in the French commune of Veigy-Foncenex and worked over the Swiss border in a pizza restaurant in the Geneva suburb of Carouge.

He was arrested there at around midday on Friday.

Contacted by the paper, the Swiss federal justice office confirmed that the man had been arrested at the request of the Italian authorities, who will likely issue a formal request for extradition.

In the meantime he will be detained at Geneva’s Champ-Dollon prison.

It’s not the first time a member of the Italian mafia has ended up hiding in Switzerland.

In March 2016 Swiss authorities arrested 15 people suspected of belonging to the ‘Ndrangheta.

All Italian citizens – though two were also naturalized Swiss – they had been living in the cantons of Thurgau, Zurich and Valais.

Based in Calabria in the ‘toe’ of Italy’s south, the ‘Ndrangheta crime organization is considered one of the richest and most powerful in Europe.

Source: https://www.thelocal.it/20170606/italian-mafia-drug-lord-arrested-in-geneva-pizza-restaurant

The cameras of the police have succeeded in penetrating the table of the new axis of negotiations between organized crime in Calabria and Sicily, for drug trafficking and cattle rustling: 19 arrests last week in Ragusa and Agrigento.

http://catania.blogsicilia.it/patto-fra-...-comiso/396036/

Italian police on Friday arrested 17 people allegedly linked to the 'Ndrangheta in Rome. Those arrested are suspected of extortion, money laundering, loan sharking ad other mafia crimes, police said.
They are also suspected of being linked to a Camorra clan that has been operating in Rome for years, the Senese family.