Or maybe they have simply moved out of the drug buisness.

http://www.spiegel.de/international...-world-of-the-ndrangheta-a-806233-3.html

According to a Ndranghetisti named Carlo thats their plan, moving out of the drug buisness and looking to get in to politics more.

But because the drug became less and less profitable and police pressure was increasing, the 'Ndrangheta had to look into new business opportunities. "We want to go to the source of government contracts and subsidies, politics," says Carlo.

they are not anymore what they used to be, their power was just inflated by saviano

They lost influence like the rest of cosa nostra because they had about 50 turncoats like:

The Casalesi clan counts about fifty collaborators of justice between bosses and minors. A partial list follows:

Carmine Schiavone (1993), died in 2015
Domenico Bidognetti (2008)
Antonio Iovine (2014)
Luigi Basile (1988)
Attilio Pellegrino (2014)
Raffaele Ferrara
Franco Di Bona
Dario De Simone
Angela Barra (2003)
Giuseppe Quadrano
Emilio Di Caterino
Cipriano D'Alessandro (2013)
Luigi Diana
Alfonso Diana
Salvatore Venosa (2012)
Massimo Amatrudi
Luigi Tartarone (2012)
Anna Carrino (2007)
Mario Schiavone (2009)
Salvatore Laiso (2009)
Salvatore Fasano (2009)
Giuseppe Guerra
Orlando Lucariello
Roberto Vargas (2010)
Raffaele Piccolo
Paolo Di Grazia
Oreste Spagnuolo (2009)
Francesco Cantone
Luigi D'Ambrosio
Gaetano Vassallo (2008)
Pasquale Vargas
Giovanni Ferriero (1999)
Maurizio Di Puorto
Nicola Panaro (2015)
Massimo Pannullo (2003

the mafia from catania (eastern sicily) is more powerful than casalesi clan, for example
saviano inflated the real power of camorra/casalesi
sicilian mafia is still stronger

Still the Casalesi was the most powerful Camorra clan,maybe they are still most powerful,i don't know for present day.

The Sicilian mafia in general is more powerful than Camorra,they are much more organized and have strong links to freemasonry

Moneywise the Casalesi are/was big time. They are worth 30 billion euros according to media.

Another bunker found in Rosarno.

"Green 'ndrangheta", the new report by Salvatore Federico
Written by Editorial Staff

The work of the photographer from Serrese, realized following the "Cacciatori di Calabria" in Vibonese and Reggino, is focused on the production of marijuana, a "business" made in house for the clans, which follows different routes from that of cocaine.

While in many parts of the world marijuana has been destined to the free market, not only for therapeutic purposes but also for recreational use, in Italy the legalization of cannabis still appears to be a taboo subject.

http://www.ilvizzarro.it/apertura/green-ndrangheta-il-nuovo-reportage-di-salvatore-federico.html

@ m2w

I got a question for you...


Where would you rank the Camorras control of high fashion amongst mafia rackets? To my eyes, it's like controlling the Garment Center in NYC with no labor union. And this doesn't really go anywhere....are they losing ground to the Chinese there?
It's one of the things Saviano emphasized, cloths and drugs, that these were the the staples of the Camorra.



The Piromallis have a huge agricultural business, but I don't think this would matter if they didn't have access to the US, Germany, e c t .....to get their products in large supermarkets and whatnot....

Also, I think we have to consider the timelines. In the late 90s- early 2000s, the Sicilians were weaker, and the Camorra and Calabrese were bigger in drugs. I think they WERE stronger then.


To me it's similar to the sixties when they were in disarray after Cavataio and his games. The big money was in Naples, so they initiated some camorristi so as to gain access to the market. During this time Zaza certainly was on par with the top Mafiosi of his time, money wise, though he didn't have the Masonic links guys like Greco and Bontade had....

high fashion and counterfeting are among the biggest camorra rackets
saviano anyway emphatisized the camorra too much
in my opinion camorra never was stronger than sicilian mafia, not even in the early 2000, although saviano claims it
sicilian mafia has more links with freemasons that it makes it stronger
ndrangheta yes, it is the strongest italian oc since the early 2000, but it is losing power nowadays too
concerning drugs it depends, sicilian mafia produces most of italian self-produces marijuana and most of hashish in italy is usually seized in sicily

Italy’s notorious Calabrian mafia is peddling millions of pills to ISIS and Boko Haram.
Next on their agenda could be the U.S. market.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-italian-mob-is-peddling-pills-to-isis.html

Carabinieri seized assets of about 200 million euro from Salvatore Mazzei, building contractor of Lamezia Terme: the 62 year-old is considered tied to the gangs of 'ndrangheta.

''Italy’s anti-drug trafficking agency estimates that 80 percent of all Europe’s cocaine comes in from Colombia through the Calabrian port''

This can't be right, considering all the huge amounts seized in Antwerp and Rotterdam the last couple of years..

I agree Billy, someone said they controlled 80% of the coke in europe many years ago and it's repeated by international media to this day without evidence.
Even if it's true it doesnt mean they use this port the calabrians also get their drugs by land from holland and spain.

Yes but if you read other papers and more serious journalists they say that in recent years they have changed from Calabrian port to the ports of Genoa, Rotterdam, Antwerpen, Hamburg etc etc. I cant remember from what dutch documentary i saw it but they were saying Calabrians run the Rotterdam port, when it comes to drugs ofc.

Not news but, rather, a rundown of the Jonico (Ionico) mandamento and a great map--scroll down farther down in the item to see the map (JPEG).

Link to Italian-language item:

https://newz.it/2018/02/07/la-mappa...azione-semestrale-2017-della-dia/291488/

Thanks for sharing, never saw this map before. I posted maps of all 4 major italian mafia groups here: http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/u...;Main=35263&Number=889086#Post889086

I will add this map there

That didn't happen Modena is still one of the main bases in the north of the Casalesi and Moccia clan. The 'ndrangheta in the region has taken a few hits in recent years with the arrests of the Sarcone brothers and their group.
Nicolino Sarcone boss in Emilia.

http://www.businessinsider.com/huge...f-drug-smugglers-growing-boldness-2018-2

A huge cocaine bust on a private jet in the UK is a sign of drug smugglers' growing boldness

Do these guys really make money like Fortune 500 companies? I read about a seizure of about $400 million worth of pills in Australia some odd years ago. I wonder how they’ll fare without supposedly their biggest money maker in drugs if they do in fact decide to move away from it.

Was it Ndrangheta whos behind this coke and the one in Spain or what? Cause i didnt understand it fully.

Yes, it was the Ndrangheta behind both incidences.

About time you may think There has been a while since the ndrangheta was busted big shipments of coke

A 66-year-old pastor, Bruno Muratore, was shot dead in the "Salvatore" district of Varapodio, in Reggio. Muratore's body was found by the Carabinieri of the Company of Taurianova. The shepherd was killed while he was in his fold, not yet known whether in an ambush or someone he had met. The victim was known to the carabinieri for his criminal record. Muratore was 18 years in prison for murder.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/13/the-good-mothers-alex-perry-mafia-women-break-free

The Good Mothers review – women challenge the mafia

https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/italian-judges-radical-plan

An Italian judge's radical plan

The killing last night in Catona di Reggio Calabria is linked to conflicts within the 'Ndrangheta. The 53-year-old Pasquale Chindemi, shot dead in an ambush, was affiliated to the Araniti gang. The victim's name is a name that counts on the crime scene of Reggio Calabria. And it is for this reason that now there is fear of a new war of 'ndrangheta on the banks of the Strait.

This is pretty big! He was close to Pasquale "U Supremu" Condello.

Wow,so he was important player there,we could see wave of violence in Calabria,im sure order came from someone higher up in ranks.

Exactly.