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San Luca and Turin two sides of the same coin owned by the 'ndrangheta
Piedmontese Cgil invites workers to follow Calabria's rebellion. Antonio Strangio's murder has caused relatives to flee to the North
Published: 12/12/2024 – 6:28
by Paride Leporace
Two recent crime news questions: what happened on November 18th in San Luca? And on December 11th in Carmagnola on the outskirts of Turin?
Answering the first question is easy because if you need to know something about San Luca, the mother of the 'ndrangheta, you'll find everything channeled into the column of your cell phone. On November 18th, the off-road vehicle of the farmer Antonio Strangio was found destroyed by flames between Bovalino and Bianco. The man had been missing for several days. He is part of the Strangio "Barbari" relative of the Mammoliti. The father distinguished himself, so to speak, in the kidnapping season. He, Antonio, is not a big name. A conviction for drug trafficking according to the Corriere della Sera. Inside the charred car, bones were found. After several days, it was learned that the remains are human. Findings sent to Messina for compatibility with the missing Strangio. Investigators, insiders, journalists, we are all groping in the dark and trying to understand if a new absurd mafia war has broken out or if it is an “anomalous” elimination. What is certain is that relatives of the murdered man have withdrawn their children from the high schools in the area to have them emigrate to cities in Northern Italy. A very bad sign.
Answering the second question is less easy, but the two facts are linked by theme. On Wednesday morning in Carmagnola, in a room, Don Ciotti and Maurizio Landini met to discuss the presence of the 'ndrangheta in Piedmont. Giorgio Airaudo is a piece of history of the Turin left. He comes from the 1977 Movement, he led the Fgci at the time of Berlinguer, leader of the Fiom at the time of Marchionne, deputy of Sel, today he is the regional secretary of the Cgil in Piedmont. Someone who knows how to weigh his words. To introduce the event he said in recent days: «Piedmont is no different from Calabria, this is why we are convinced that a strong and choral reaction is needed against the rooting of the 'ndrangheta in our territory. The clans, taking advantage of the economic crisis that is hitting Piedmont, offer underpaid and rightsless jobs to people who need income and grant liquidity to companies in difficulty, causing entrepreneurs to fall into the vortex of blackmail typical of the mafia».
Different dynamics but under the same brand from San Luca to Turin. Or rather, Carmagnola. A place not chosen by chance as Airaudo explained “We decided to go to Carmagnola because that territory, that community, those citizens and their institutions are under attack and should not be left alone” and in fact the mayor Ivana Gaveglio also participated in the event, someone who has been mobilizing for a long time and testifying in court. We have dealt with Carmagnola in the recent pastin our investigation that mapped the presence of the 'ndrangheta in the North, finding that the phenomenon is worrying and widespread. In Italy, where a third of adults are functionally illiterate (OECD research), there is no perception of the problem of Carmagnola and Turin, unlike San Luca, which carries the stigma of visibility.
The CGIL did well to try to highlight the issue by stating: «The ongoing investigations all concern cases involving public contracts, major road works, others will come with respect to the PNRR – explains Federico Bellono, General Secretary of CGIL Turin – We are concerned about what happened, but also about what could happen. The leap in quality we have witnessed is the involvement of trade union representatives. The fact that they are not from the CGIL is not consoling, it gives the idea of ??a system that is weak and therefore more easily infiltrated».
The Cgil is asking for more attention from politics, and we are skeptical on this point, but the union is declaiming "that we need the same reaction here that the Calabrians had" and it is clear that positive signals from Calabria have arrived up North. Hundreds of kilometers separate Carmagnola from San Luca, Piedmont from Calabria. But the criminal network governs in a hidden manner under different mandates.
In the town of Corrado Alvaro, while the residents are mildly wondering what the death of Antonio Strangio means, an anomalous electoral campaign has begun.
In San Luca, for a change, an access commission is operating in the Town Hall, which arrived after the Anti-Mafia Commission that first took a souvenir photo under a town sign riddled with bullet holes because the institutions, it seems, also have functional illiteracy. No list presented itself at the last elections. The commissioners must decide by December 28 whether to dissolve the Town Hall for the umpteenth time in vain or whether to allow elections next spring. There are those from outside the country who want to spend.
On December 20th, a press conference will be held by the journalist Klaus Davi, who is not new to this type of undertaking and who has already announced to the country «I am the right person in the right place. Condemning San Luca and pardoning Reggio Calabria would be a terrible message. So I don't think it will happen. The municipality will not be dissolved and I will be the candidate for the rebirth of Locride», adding that he does not need escorts and will avoid any war. Words that have infuriated the professor of a private university in Reggio, Paolo Ferrara, a republican disciple of Nucara, and leader of the movement “Free to start again” and who is already a municipal councilor in Platì, who stated:"It is not a boast to say that you go to San Luca without an escort, because San Luca does not need a sheriff and not a showman." Perhaps it is better that Davi and Ferrara work together to give a municipal administration to San Luca and fight together to avoid the dissolution of the municipality. And perhaps collaborating with the mobilization of the Cgil in Piedmont, giving life to a new North-South season united in the fight against the 'ndrangheta.
In Turin, the Cgil can talk to the prosecutor Bombardieri who comes from Reggio Calabria and knows the phenomenon well in Calabria and the North.
San Luca and Carmagnola are two sides of the same coin. Tackling it together can find the right way to defeat the monster. (redazione@corrierecal.it)
