Eight years after the funeral of Bruzzano boss Mimmo Pompeo: who is his “mysterious” heir
From the shadow of Mimmo Pompeo, the figure of Antonio Bruno, the silent heir of the Milanese 'ndrangheta, emerges in the Antimafia investigations. Eight years after the funeral of the boss attended by a good portion of the Milanese criminal milieu, two identifications have emerged that are a fundamental turning point

It is the morning of February 28, 2017 and in via Antonini, in Milan, the funeral of a 63-year-old man who died prematurely from cancer is being held. Everyone's attention, especially that of the Police, is focused on those present, some of whom have arrived from Calabria, some from abroad, others to "represent" the football fans. The funeral is that of Mario Domenico Pompeo , known as "Mimmo", a historic boss from the Milanese hinterland, linked to the 'ndrangheta families of Crotone. Among those present, the investigators write, is also Antonio Bruno, arrested in today's operation by the Catanzaro DDA and resulting from the Folgore-Blizzard investigation , which has led to 16 other people being sent to prison. The interests of the Crotone 'ndrangheta in the North, with ramifications in Milan and Trentino Alto Adige, are in the sights of the team led by prosecutor Salvatore Curcio.

Pompeo's "alter ego"
Pompeo's "driver and alter ego", Bruno would be the one who after his death would have become his heir, maintaining relationships with the gangs and managing the illicit business. The investigations would have revealed elements that "attested to his full inclusion in the mafia association with a prominent role". In some conversations intercepted by the investigators, Bruno emphasized "how, maintaining a discreet and never ostentatious attitude, he had reached a certain hierarchical level in the criminal environment ". Specifying, in particular, that he had "always sat at the table with the big boys" while avoiding " the cellar drunks ". A low profile that would have helped him to always escape the attention of the police, so much so that even the collaborators of justice, while identifying him as "Toni, Pompeo's right-hand man", always declared not to know his personal details.

The criminal nature recognized by Masciari
Bruno is also mentioned by the other people arrested in the operation, in particular Luigi Masciari, considered a man "at the service of the Arenas" and "formally baptized" by Francesco Antonio Arena. In a conversation he is indicated by him as "the tool to obtain excellent profits and, above all, as Pompeo's right-hand man and driver ". Again Masciari, responding to his interlocutor, rejects the definition of swindler attributed to Bruno, underlining how "he himself was aware of everything that was happening in Milan". A figure therefore considered prominent by the investigators, who after years in the shadow of Mimmo Pompeo had climbed the hierarchy just after his death. As Masciari reiterates once again: referring to Mimmo's "beautiful darling", the one who accompanied him for 20 years and who now "had assumed power over Milan". ( ma.ru. )