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'Ndrangheta, Pasquino's revelations: «Those of San Luca were not as reliable as the platioti»
Former drug broker to Brazilian authorities after his arrest: "They told me he was a scoundrel, he was having sex with the secret services"
Published: 12/18/2024 – 7:00
LAMEZIA TERME «The first time I arrived in Brazil I went to Nicola Assisi's house. When Versaci came to Brazil in 2018, he told me that Sebastiano Giampaolo “was a scoundrel”, he was having sex with the secret services. Versaci had come to Brazil because he was Antonio Agresta's man». This is the story provided to the Brazilian authorities by Vincenzo Pasquino, the powerful drug trafficking broker closely linked to the 'ndrangheta, a new collaborator of justice.
As the Brazilian press had anticipated, the repentance of Vincenzo Pasquino, born in 1990, born and raised in Turin, but considered a leading member of the 'ndrangheta, could actually create a real earthquake in the world of criminal organizations .
Relations with Versaci
Pasquino then says that Michelangelo Versaci (born in 1986) already in prison and investigated in the “Samba” investigation by the Turin DDA, «in 2017 he asked me to open a channel through Pinuccio and Ivano Piperissa with the Nirta di San Luca and Sebastiano Giampaolo, then came in 2018 to tell me that instead it was safer to work by staying with the platioti. When I say platioti I mean Agresta, Barbaro, Pino Perre. The latter is the Barbaro errand boy, he is the one who travels around the world». «Versaci came to Brazil several times, 3-4 times a year. Each time he stayed for about a week, he came to see how things were going, to check how I was working and to show the Brazilians that I represented the group of Agresta, Barbaro and Pino Grillo (…)»
Sambati "the man of trust"
«(…) I asked Cristian Sambati to come and help me because he was my boyfriend, he was my trusted man. He is not affiliated, but I trusted him blindly (…) I trusted him more than Versaci who could then report these problems to Pino Grillo…» As emerges from the story provided by Pasquino to the Brazilian authorities, Sambati, born in Turin in 1996, «came to Brazil when they arrested me, initially to give a hand to my wife (…) when they arrested me I was in Rocco Morabito's house with him. Above this apartment there was another one that was mine but at that moment there was no one there. My wife, on the other hand, was with my daughter in another new apartment, which was in another building nearby, still in Joao Pessoa (…) During the Christmas period Paula Assisi invited my wife to go to San Paolo to them. He also invited Cristian to introduce him to some people and allow him to continue the work with the Assisi , continuing on the path opened by Patrick. With them we were already starting in a direct and very strong way because the Assisi had many contacts…».
The Assisi
As Pasquino explained, «the Assisi speak in Sinti among themselves during their conversations. Obviously I am referring to when Patrick's sisters come, who then bring messages to Italy, to Turin and San Luca...». The Brazilian authorities then asked Vicenzo Pasquino about the presence of a copy of his passport and a receipt for the plane tickets in his name too, which were seized during the arrest of the two Assisi. «All those expenses were paid by the family. An accounting of all the expenses incurred had to be kept. For example, in 2021 I spent 20,000 euros on cryptophones alone, since I also bought them from Pateta and other Brazilians...». ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )
