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'Ndrangheta, Caminiti's amarcord between fires and gunshots in Milan. In the shadow of “'U Dutturicchiu”
The decades-long bond between Calabrò, on trial for the Mazzotti murder, and the Gioia man. In a wiretap, the stories of the old "embarkations"
Published: 03/10/2024 – 6:57
MILAN There is a specific chapter in the investigation that the Milan DDA has conducted against the ultra leaders and their groups in the Inter and Milan stands at San Siro and it is dedicated to the management of the parking lots around the stadium. It is from here that, like an ideal path, the accusation goes back to some key figures capable of breaking down elements on which, up to now, no light has been shed, leaving something in the shadows. According to the accusation, substantially in the hands of Giuseppe Caminiti, born in '69 in Gioia Tauro, and Gherardo Zaccagni (born in '71), the first ended up in prison while the investigating judge has ordered house arrest for the second. On the sidelines the investigators identify the figures of Beretta and Boiocchi , the latter killed two years ago while the former was already in prison for the murder, which occurred a month ago, of the scion of the Bellocco 'ndrangheta family, Antonio.
“The Doctor”
In this apparently linear scenario, a figure of absolute importance and widely known to investigators comes into play. It is Giuseppe Calabrò , who for decades has been involved in the circles of the Milanese underworld linked to the Calabrian 'ndrangheta. “'U Dutturicchiu”, in fact, boasts family ties with various exponents of some 'ndrine in the province of Reggio.
The prosecution considers the '50-born man from San Luca to be «an internal subject to the 'ndrina of the “Staccu” of San Luca represented by the “Avvocaticchiu” Antonio Romeo (class of '54) husband of the sister of Giuseppe Calabrò, son of the founder of the 'ndrina “Staccu”. His family ties, direct and indirect, lead him back to more or less known subjects of the Calabrian 'ndrangheta in Locride, from San Luca to Africo and Platì, from the Pelle-Gambazza to the Mollica-Morabito.
“'U Dutturicchiu”, to date, has no convictions for mafia-type association but has previous convictions for “association for the purpose of drug trafficking” and “drug trafficking”. And, above all, Giuseppe Calabrò is on trial in the Assize Court in Como in the new trial on the kidnapping and murder of Cristina Mazzotti which took place in the summer of 1975. He is accused of “having actively participated in the kidnapping together with Antonio Romeo, Demetrio Latella and Antonio Talia, with the agreement that Calabrò would later contact them”.
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The ten-year relationship with Caminiti
The investigative activity carried out against him by the Milan DDA would have allowed, therefore, to identify, in December 2019, contacts with fellow countryman Giuseppe Caminiti . But, the prosecutors underline, «their relationships began between the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s, when the young Caminiti took his first steps within the criminal organization directed by his uncle Salvatore Papandrea» it says. «(…) '88 I was 18 years old… yes, yes, but I was already with him eh!… I was already with him…». According to the investigators, Caminiti «is therefore a character with a significant criminal past».
Thanks to his uncle - always according to the prosecution - the young Caminiti "would have gotten closer to Giuseppe Calabrò with whom the Sanlucota had close relations", a bond that would have allowed him over the years a certain respectability and protection "to protect his economic interests, in particular those deriving from the management of the parking lots of the "San Siro" stadium in Milan", the prosecutors note.
"(...) he is my buddy... the one who knows me as a child who is the one who told me 'anyone comes to tell you something about the stadium, you do nothing but say 'I am so and so' and then I take care of everything' ...". This is what Caminiti was saying in a wiretap captured by the police in 2020.
The ice cream shop on fire
Caminiti also tells some acquaintances about some actions he allegedly took part in. «(…) there was an ice cream shop… my uncle starts to renovate… “why don’t we buy the ice cream shop, make a tobacconist’s, move the tobacconist’s here, take it over there”» «(…) “go talk… go talk” … there was no way!» and «the lady says to me “I’m sorry… I don’t sell, I don’t sell to anyone”». Caminiti’s story continues: «(…) I went there, there’s a gas station in front of the bar… I took a can of gasoline… I arrive with this can and I said “I’m coming”… I arrive with the can, I take it, I go inside the ice cream shop… I put the can on the ground, I pull down the shutters… “so there are two things: either you sell and sign the compromise here now or I start throwing gasoline with you inside”». According to the DDA, the episode had a precise confirmation and dates back to October 9, 1989 with the intervention of the Fire Brigade in Milan at an ice cream shop, "then effectively sold to Salvatore Papandrea", it is written.
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The Bentley and the gun chase
Caminiti's stories do not stop and, in the same conversation, he reports another episode committed against a gas station attendant to whom he himself had taken his Bentley to be washed . According to Caminiti, at his request, the gas station attendant made himself unavailable due to the late hour – it was 5:30 or 6 pm. «(…) I said “will you wash my car?” “Damn Pino… it's six o'clock! No, I'm not washing it for you today” “How come you don't wash it! Wash my car!” “No, no, I can't… today… it's six o'clock, come earlier…” and I said “OK, no problem…”». Caminiti would have seen the refusal as an affront and, for this reason, he went to the gas station during the night and set fire to some structures there. «(…) the shed and everything… and we set fire to the gas station…», Caminiti himself says in the conversation. Another story given by Caminiti during the conversation intercepted by the prosecutor is linked to another "emblematic" episode according to the Milan DDA and dating back, again, to a few years ago. A friend of his, as a joke, pretended to run him over while he was with other individuals. For this same admission, Caminiti says that he was armed and that "he started chasing the man on board his Lancia Delta HF Integrale, firing several gunshots" the prosecutors note. "(...) I got into the car... I swear, like in a movie, American stuff... and while I was driving, I swear, from the window pom, pom, pom... he stopped, flashed his hazard lights, got out: "Pino, it's me! It's me!" and I hit him in the face and told him "don't you ever play these pranks again! You risk dying! You dickhead!". ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )
