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The 'ndrangheta explained by the boss Pino Arabia: the “trap” for the Belloccos and the disappointment for the repentants
The alleged assault on a witness in the Grande Drago trial and the "golden rules" of the Calabrian underworld
REGGIO EMILIA «Because underneath the 'ndrangheta is different…». The Calabrian crime that evolves and adapts even when it crosses regional borders: quieter, less violent and more “chameleon-like” to better infiltrate the economy. This is explained by the boss Giuseppe Arabia , arrested in the Ten operation that began last March 12 in Emilia Romagna. The investigations revealed some conversations held by the same “Pinu u nigru” with other alleged exponents of the 'ndrangheta or subjects close to the Calabrian clans, in which the 'ndrangheta dynamics in the Emilian land are discussed. Even the collaborators of justice end up in the crosshairs of the interlocutors, guilty of having gone against the rules of the 'ndrangheta that prohibit any type of collaboration with the State.
The 'ndrangheta's ability to adapt
Emblematic, according to the investigators, is the description that Pino Arabia makes of the «ability of the 'ndrangheta to adapt in operating outside the borders of Calabria». «Downstairs the 'ndrangheta is different…» he is said to have said, referring to the fact that in the territory of origin for certain crimes one would not even end up in jail. An expression that for the investigators effectively summarizes « the ability of the 'ndrangheta to adapt to the territory in which it develops its action , taking on less violent and traditional appearances than those adopted in the motherland».
Alleged assault on a witness
In another passage Arabia reconstructs some episodes related to the conviction received in the Grande Drago trial, claiming to " have the list of all those who testified against him ", including collaborators of justice. But, above all, he speaks of a specific witness, one of the first victims of extortion to have spoken during the trial. Arabia allegedly carried out " a brutal armed attack for revenge " against him. The episode was not, however, reported by the victim. For the investigators, however, "the residual hypothesis of a boast must be excluded" told by the alleged boss "in light of the absence of any reason that should have induced Arabia to boast about non-existent facts".
The Bellocco “trap” and the rules of the 'ndrangheta
Also targeted are the Calabrian informers, including Rocco Gualtieri and Salvatore Angelo Cortese. In particular, «with disappointment» it is underlined «how in recent times the 'ndrangheta originating from Cutro had produced new collaborators of justice , while in the past there had been none». Emblematic is the story told by Arabia, in another conversation, of an episode in which a member of the 'ndrangheta, to avenge the death of his brother « had behaved like a scoundrel , because, contravening, once again, the 'ndrangheta rules, he had tried, by showing up with a tape recorder on him , to have the boss Carmelo Bellocco arrested », belonging to the homonymous gang in the Piana di Gioia Tauro. A “trap” that Arabia did not like at all, who with his interlocutor reiterated once again the «fundamental golden rules of the 'ndrangheta: do not collaborate with the State and do not resolve disputes by resorting to the police». ( ma.ru. )
