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'Ndrangheta, Luigi Federici's calls from prison and the order to "throw away" the hidden rifle
Sentenced to 25 years in prison in Rinascita Scott, the young scion would have shown himself worried about the new collaborators of justice
Published: 12/04/2025 – 18:23
VIBO VALENTIA Almost 2 thousand calls in the space of three months: there is also Luigi Federici , sentenced in the first instance in Rinascita Scott to 25 years in prison, among those investigated in the latest operation of the Guardia di Finanza, coordinated by the Dda and conducted between Catanzaro and Vibo Valentia. In the crosshairs are some alleged exponents of the 'ndrangheta of Vibo Valentia who are said to have maintained contacts with the outside world from prison, also thanks to the support of relatives. Among them, in addition to Antonio La Rosa , believed to be the head of the Tropea clan of the same name, also Federici, 26 years old with whom La Rosa himself shared prison in the first period of detention after Rinascita Scott.
The 25-year prison sentence in Rinascita Scott
Believed to belong to the Pardea Ranisi 'ndrina, Federici was convicted in the first degree of Rinascita Scott for the crimes of mafia association, damage and weapons. According to investigators, he would be part of the group of the " new recruits " of the Vibo Valentia 'ndrangheta, attributable to Salvatore Morelli , together with Domenico Camillò alias "u manganu" (sentenced to 26 years) and Loris Palmisano (14 years). From what emerged from the "Call me" investigation, Federici would have continued to be part of the criminal association even after his arrest through illicit calls from inside his cell.
Calls from prison
In particular, the topics of the conversations intercepted - it is written - "focus on events outside the prison, on the exchange of information regarding the statements of the various collaborators of justice and on what to do to face the accusations made, on how to move to elude the investigations". Federici would have appeared worried by the news on the new collaborators , namely "of a certain "Sapitutto" who "threw himself", or rather repented" and Michele Camillò. He would then have asked his parents to "inform themselves", given the "fragmentary news that he received in prison from the other inmates", but received as a response that "at the moment they were just rumours circulating in the city". He would have appeared particularly worried about Camillò's disclosures, "given that both were part of the same city gang" and therefore about what the former associate "could have declared against him".
Words on prison life and the story of the rifle
Of relevance to the investigators is the story of a rifle hidden in the garage, which Federici himself, fearing Camillò's statements, allegedly ordered his father to "throw it away", or to get rid of it, referring however to "two cans of paint". A few days after the phone call, a search by the Carabinieri inside the building led to the discovery of the weapon. Once he found out, Federici allegedly showed his disappointment since "he had given precise instructions to his father and then asked him to confirm them, receiving an 'everything's fine' that was evidently not true". According to the investigators, "even in prison Federici maintains his criminal calibre by trying to move situations and circumstances in his favour to deal with emergencies". Even in a conversation about prison life, "he does not express complaints, but as for the effect of detention on him he is clear in saying that he would have come out 'worse from prison'". ( ma.ru. )
