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'Ndrangheta, tons of cocaine between Calabria and Lombardy: "skilled brokers" with a passion for Mexican cartels
The two Calabrians Trimboli and Gullì, who ended up in prison, are considered partners in "a powerful group" capable of distributing enormous loads. And encrypted phones were not enough
Published: 11/19/2024 – 11:39
LAMEZIA TERME “Ghost” and “ Malverde ”, and also “ rafael caro ” and “ Santa Cruz ”. They are not characters from a new TV series, but the nicknames chosen on the encrypted chats used to organize international drug trafficking, discovered and decrypted by the investigators of the Milan Anti-Mafia District and whose contents have outlined the new investigation against drug trafficking between Calabria and Lombardy. In total, 20 people have been arrested, 15 of whom have ended up in prison. And among them are the users of these nicknames: Antonio Rosario Trimboli (class of '82) from Locri and Antonio Gullì (class of '85) from Reggio Calabria , top members of the group that, according to the investigators, was involved in drug trafficking between Calabria and Lombardy. The investigators have therefore, through the decryption of the SkyEcc devices, managed to reconstruct a long series of episodes dating back over the years and which have contributed to reconstructing the accusatory framework. Starting from Trimboli and Gullì.
«A skilled broker»
A past characterized by a long series of crimes, ranging from theft to damage, personal injury and drugs but, above all, a deep connection with contexts of 'ndrangheta and, in particular, with the Barbaro branch of Platì. This is the profile that the investigators of the Anti-Mafia District of Milan have outlined of Antonio Rosario Trimboli. Not just any name in the Lombard criminal panorama and in the world of drug trafficking.
As reconstructed during the investigative phase and reported by the investigating judge in the order, Trimboli is married to the daughter of "Frank three fingers" Francesco Perre (class '56). According to the investigators, therefore, Trimboli would be "a skilled broker in the field of international drug trafficking", being able to boast "acquaintances with the major suppliers in South America and Spain". Trimboli, moreover, would be connected with leading exponents of all the 'ndrine of the Calabrian Jonica in the territories of Milan and Pavia. In fact, with these people he "had relations relating to the marketing of narcotics".
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Drug trafficking between Calabria and Lombardy, 20 arrests. Over 2 tons of narcotics on the market – NOMI
The restaurant and contacts with Flachi
Trimboli's name had already come up during another important "blow" inflicted on drug trafficking and which led to the arrest of Davide Flachi. Trimboli had also emerged as an element of connection with the criminal group headed by Andrea Rozzo : the two, as the investigating judge further reports, "appear to have undertaken a path of "mutual assistance" for the supply of cocaine". The investigators take their cue from an exchange of messages. "Ok bro be careful because now how to get rid of it I'll tell bro the move to get back to work .... You'll see that we'll break everything again" Trimboli wrote to Rozzo in 2021. During a subsequent exchange the two, "aware of the roles they covered within the criminal groups - the investigating judge notes - had shared the concern of being the object of attention from the judicial authorities. It is February 23, 2021 and Rozzo writes to Trimboli: «They made a raid in Milan… It is all of Italy». «I swear I had a bad dream… They tell me karst buccinasco they arrested» , the Calabrian replies.
All conversations held thanks to the encrypted SkyEcc devices with two associated nicknames. From the analysis of the cell phones, the investigators manage to steal a series of information. For example, “Malverde” – or Trimboli – says he spent a short stay at the Hotel Savoia in Cortina D'Ampezzo, as later ascertained by the investigations of the Guardia di Finanza, or the exchange of messages with the user attributable to Davide Flachi, in which the latter asked for information about the sale of the restaurant, apparently, managed by “Malverde”. The reference, as further ascertained by the investigators, was the restaurant called “I MALACARNE SRLS” in Cologno Monzese, among whose members there was also Islam Hagag, already arrested in the “Doppia Curva” blitz last September, in addition to Antonio Gullì and Rosario Calabria, both arrested in this new blitz by the GdF.
«A powerful group»
Another Calabrian who ended up in prison and was central to the blitz of the DDA of the Lombardy capital is Antonio Gullì from Reggio. He is a subject burdened by criminal records for private violence and other crimes against the person, receiving stolen goods, illegal possession of weapons including clandestine ones, drug-related crimes and violence and threats to a public official. His criminal profile is not at the same level as his partner Trimboli but, as the investigating judge reports, «he is still a subject who boasts notable influence in the global drug trafficking network». And it is no coincidence that, as a nickname, he had chosen “rafael caro” or the diminutive of Rafael Caro Quintero , founder of the Mexican cartel of Guadalajara and “Santa Cruz”, a nickname that the Judicial Police considers evocative of Josè Santa-Cruz Londono alias “Chepe” , one of the leaders of the Cali cartel. According to the investigators, furthermore, Gullì «was well connected to the 'ndrine of all Calabria, with which he was in contact through their respective contacts, interested in a careful management of the cocaine trade», the investigating judge further notes in the order.
The two partners, Trimboli and Gullì, according to the investigators «had created a very powerful group, capable of distributing tons of drugs on the territory of the State and on the Milanese market in particular» , also capable of taking part «in the purchase in consortium form with the exponents of other Calabrian families», as would also have emerged from the contacts with two prominent elements such as Santo Crea and Davide Flachi «for the purchase of cocaine and hashish». ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )
