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'Ndrangheta, the business managed from prison after Rinascita Scott and Antonio La Rosa's "favorite" son-in-law
The alleged boss, after the maxi operation, would have maintained contacts with the outside. The recommendations to Surace otherwise "we are ruined"
Published: 04/08/2025 – 19:24
VIBO VALENTIA He continued to manage the gang's business directly from prison, even after Rinascita Scott, using illegally introduced cell phones and thanks to the support of people who remained outside. There is also Antonio La Rosa, boss of the Tropea gang of the same name, among the 10 arrested in the operation "Call me", conducted this morning by the Guardia di Finanza and coordinated by the Catanzaro DDA against some members of the 'ndrangheta of Vibo Valentia. Some of them were already detained in prison, but in constant contact with the outside world thanks to smartphones and cell phones: about 30 thousand phone calls intercepted by investigators in the space of a few months with a particular role played by the women of the family, as underlined in the press conference held by the Prosecutor Salvatore Curcio.
Over 4 thousand calls in a few months
Even after Rinascita Scott, the major operation that began in December 2019, Antonio La Rosa would have continued to manage the clan's business, in particular thanks to the support of his wife Tomasina Certo, who was arrested, and that of his son-in- law Davide Surace , a 40-year-old from Spilinga. The latter would have been the "favorite " for managing the business during the detention of the alleged boss of Tropea, sentenced to 24 years in prison in the first degree of Rinascita. The investigations would have revealed that La Rosa "regularly used 6 cellular devices and 5 SIM cards ", registered to various foreign personalities. Some of these phones would have been shared with other inmates, including Luigi Federici, already arrested in Rinascita and also involved in today's operation. Between October 22, 2020 and May 21, 2021, " a total of 4,709 phone calls " were recorded between the suspect and his family members, including his wife, daughter Cristina La Rosa and her husband Davide Surace. For the investigators, the simplicity with which "La Rosa held and scheduled telephone appointments" was "disarming".
Concern for the fate of the gang
The central theme of the calls is the fate of the criminal gang following the investigation of December 2019, which had effectively changed the balance of the territory. From La Rosa would have come «instructions to his wife and son-in-law in particular on the management of the gang's business , such as relationships with third parties, the collection of money, his support, that of his family and the payments due to the defenders». The investigations would then have revealed the concern of the alleged boss following the maxi-raid, so much so that he specified «to Surace in a loud voice the need for him to be careful, not to expose himself, to stay and take care of his family only». All «his hopes» were on his son-in-law since « if he too had problems 'we'd be left out in the street' ». A constant fear of the operations of the police, so much so that a less than “careful” behavior by Surace would have been harmful because « we are ruined afterwards ». ( ma.ru. )
