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'Ndrangheta, the repentant at the service of the Molè who revealed the cocaine trafficking in Livorno and Catania
Already involved in the investigation of the DDA of Florence, Errico D'Ambrosio in the Catania investigation revealed the connections between Calabrians and Sicilians
Published: 03/24/2025 – 7:02
LAMEZIA TERME His was a name of absolute importance in international drug trafficking between South America and Italy, with particular reference to the port of Livorno, but not only. His statements, in fact, have also broadened the interest to another port: that of Catania. Born in 1984 in Cercola, he is considered a "contact person for the 'ndrina Molè", collaborating when necessary with Albanian "recoverers" but also as members of the Sacra Corona Unita of Foggia. This is the identikit of the collaborator of justice Errico D'Ambrosio. Recent investigative findings tell of a person who would have acted "in direct contact with Ernesto Madaffari, head of the 'ndrina Molè". The Anti-Mafia District of Florence accused him of having "exfiltrated the cocaine from the port of Livorno, purchased in South America in operational synergy between exponents of Italian organized crime and those of Albanian organized crime".
Relations with the Camorra
Regarding the relationship between D'Ambrosio and the Molè, it has emerged that the former, after his release from prison, had moved to Naples under the "protection" of the Amato Pagano family, with the consent of the 'ndrina Molè, with which he started drug trafficking, dealing with the regent Antonio Pompilio. His name has now emerged from the new investigation by the Catania DDA focused once again on cocaine trafficking and alleged connections with the Calabrian 'ndrangheta . The investigators have acquired his statements made on March 28, 2024, regarding the responsibilities of Angelo Sanfilippo and the other suspects, in the activity of importing from abroad to the port of Catania and the subsequent exfiltration of the large quantity of cocaine.
D'Ambrosio also worked with the Amato-Pagano family of the Camorra, and spoke about numerous drug brokers, starting with Raffaele Imperiale and his right-hand man Bruno Carbone, providing crucial information on the clan of the (now ex) "secessionists".
The Molè, Curciarello and the people of Catania
"My family of belonging in Calabria is the Molè clan. In May 2022 I was contacted to resolve a problem regarding the exfiltration of a shipment of cocaine arriving at the port of Catania, equal to approximately 106 kg", D'Ambrosio said. In particular, I was contacted by "(...) and by a certain Paco who I know as Giuseppe Curciarello from Siderno. I immediately went to Catania aboard a rented white 500 X...". The repentant then told the prosecutors: "After my arrival in Catania, on the Saturday evening before the seizure of the shipment of narcotic substances that I was trying to recover, Paco and I - Giuseppe Curciarello, ed. - entered the port of Catania, inside which I remember there is a disco. Nino Vasta came with a certain Angelo on board another car and called “Angelo” allowed us to enter the port because he managed to raise the access barrier by speaking with the person in charge of security». This Angelo «had relations with the father of a person who worked inside the port and who had a role connected to the recovery of the narcotic substance in question». The reference, in this case, is to the two Angelo Sanfilippo and Melino Sanfilippo, both arrested in the Catania blitz. «The problem was linked to the sheet metal of the roof of the container inside which the narcotic substance had been hidden and which had unsoldered: adhesive tape was put on to keep the sheet metal lowered. I was irritated because this expedient could have made the exfiltration of the narcotic substance dangerous». And so it was: the narcotic substance was not recovered due to the seizure carried out by the Guardia di Finanza. "Curciarello - D'Ambrosio continued - told me that the cargo in question was destined for the Mussi, the Laudani, subjects considered very serious and capable of honoring economic commitments. However, I cannot specify to which group in particular, territorially speaking, it was destined".
The Florence Investigation
The statements of the repentant Errico D'Ambrosio were also decisive for the advancement of the investigations of the Guardia di Finanza of Pisa. The 1984-born man had begun collaborating with the Tuscan prosecutors on February 2, 2024. He admitted to having held the rank of "Vangelo" in the Molè family and not only confirmed that he had participated, in 2022, in two unsuccessful operations for the exfiltration of cocaine from the port of Livorno, but also allowed the financiers of the imports and the group of subjects involved in the complex activities of recovery of cocaine from the port of Livorno to be identified, as had already emerged from the investigations of the Guardia di Finanza. The investigations had revealed a few months ago the use of sophisticated encrypted communication devices , including Israeli cryptophones, for conversations between the bosses and the emissaries. These devices, purchased in Spain at a price of 5,000 euros each, were used to coordinate drug exfiltration operations in the Tuscan port, according to D'Ambrosio. ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )
