The FBI and SWAT carried out a large-scale operation in California and Florida: 13 people were detained, $100,000 in cash seized, along with armored vehicles and weapons.

The hub of the criminal enterprise was Los Angeles. Criminal figures Ara Artuni and Robert Amiryan were involved — and even launched a manhunt against each other: assassination attempts, kidnappings with torture, and theft of Amazon cargo worth $83 million!

The syndicate operated through shell companies, hijacked trucks, and emptied bank accounts — all under the protection of the Russian mafia.

From the article I found the following incident as pretty interesting, showing the connection between criminal figures from the former Soviet Union who operating in the US and their connection back home to the elite of the Criminal World the Thieves in Law (Vor V Zakone).

Amiryan then appears to have taken his grievances and his evicence to the so-called thieves-in-law, the most senior leaders of the Armenian Mafia back in the former Soviet republic.

Artuni, according to the criminal complaint, visited the Armenian capital Yerevan in April 2024 to meet with the "thieves in law." When he's photographed soon after entering Dubai, he appears to have sustained several injuries and bruises.

"I believe that while abroad, Artuni may have been 'reprimanded' or 'regulated,' that is punished by a more senior member of Armenian Organized Crime or the Russian Mafia," according to the Homeland Security agent.

The Amazon cargo theft was purportedly conducted by members of Artuni's organization.

According to the criminal complaint, they set up bogus trucking businesses to contract with Amazon for transportation of merchandise to Amazon's warehouses. However, once they have picked up the shipments, they would offload a good chunk of the cargo before they delivered the remainder at the destination facility.

Members of Artuni's organization were involved in 33 transports in which $83,579,010.99 went missing, according to a 2024 Amazon law enforcement referral report cited in the criminal complaint.

Artuni's organization is also accused of running a “credit card bust-out” scheme where they drained the credit card business accounts of sham business before credit card companies could dispute or collect the funds."


Link to the article

...Vinny Ocean [Palermo]

...Fish [Cafaro]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rug-smuggling-eaten-jail-food-spicy.html

British 'drugs mule', 21, speaks from behind bars in Sri Lanka hellhole prison to reveal HER side of the story - and says she hasn't eaten for two days because jail food 'is too spicy'

https://www.citynow.it/ndrangheta-reggio-calabria-operazione-millennium-nomi-arrestati/

'Ndrangheta in Reggio, the NAMES of those arrested: 81 in prison and 16 under house arrest

Ninety-seven people under investigation in total. Several prominent names from the Alvaro clan were present.

Among the 97 arrests carried out at dawn as part of Operation “Millennium”, coordinated by the Reggio Calabria District Anti-Mafia Directorate and led by prosecutor Giuseppe Lombardo, there are also names linked to local politics.

Among those arrested is Pasquale Tripodi , a former regional councilor, who was placed under house arrest. He was not charged with the aggravating circumstance of mafia. In the investigation, two former regional councilors are also under investigation at large : Alessandro Nicolò , former Calabrian leader of Fratelli d'Italia and defendant in the “Libro Nero” trial, and Sebastiano Romeo , who was linked in the past to the Democratic Party .

Among the people involved are individuals who actively participated in the 2020 regional election campaign in Calabria. Several of those arrested are members of the Alvaro di Sinopoli gang , among which the name of Cosimo Alvaro , known as “Pelliccia”, stands out.

NAMES OF THOSE ARRESTED
81 people in prison:
ABBOT Giuseppe Francesco (Melito Porto Salvo, 31 October 1966)
AGRESTA Antonio (born 1974)
ALVARO Cosimo known as “Pelliccia” (Sinopoli, 25 April 1964)
ALVARO Domenico known as “u trappitaru” (Palmi, 24 March 1981)
ALVARO Francesco Paolo (Cinquefrondi, 13 February 1994)
ALVARO Francesco known as “u merro e ciripillo” (Reggio Calabria, 5 May 1998)
ALVARO Giuseppe (Sinopoli, 10 September 1973)
ALVARO Raffaele (Sinopoli, 19 January 1965)
ANGELS Nicodemus
BARBARO Antonio (born 1990)
BARBARO Francesco (born 1988)
BARBARO Francesco called “Sarsizzu” (born 1989)
BARBARIAN Joseph
BARBARO Giuseppe known as “u castanu” (Platì, 24 May 1976)
BARBARO Rocco called “Giocattolo/Candidù” (class of 1992)
BARBERS ANDREA
BEARDED Jeremiah Orlando
FIELD MIZZI Mario
CANNA Michael
CANNATA Francesco Antonio
CANNATA Michele
PUG Salvatore
CARUSO Antonio called “Pisciai”
BOX Pasquale Domenico
CASONI Daniel
CICERI Emanuel
COFFA Marco
COLELLA Claudio (Sinopoli, 16 June 1958)
CORDI Cosimo
COAST Carmel
CONSTANCE Matthew
CUTRI' Rocco
BENEDETTO Mauro
DOLPHIN Bruno
DEMASI Vincenzo called Marco
D'AGOSTINO Joseph
FABIAN Joseph
FEDERICO Antonino (Taurianova, 15 April 1987)
FRANCESCO IANNACI (Gioia Tauro, January 30, 1977)
FUDA Alessio
GALLUZZO Domenico
GRILLO Giuseppe called “Wild Boar”
IANNACI Domenico (Gioia Tauro, January 30, 1977)
IELASI Francesco called “Cicciollo”
IELASI Rocco called “Cerasu”
IETTO Antonio Pietro
IETTO Christmas
ITALIAN Joseph
JERINO Antonio
MAIORANA Andrea
MODAFFARI Holy
MOIO Michele
MORABITO Domenico known as “Testanira” (Sinopoli, 26 April 1965)
MORFEA Elio Arcangelo (Cinquefrondi, May 12, 1995)
MUIÀ Vincenzo (Siderno, November 6, 1969)
BLURRED Vincenzo
PANAIJA Iginio called Gino
PANGALLO Domenico called “Mazzabumba”
PANGALLO Christmas
PERRE Domenico
PERRE Francesco called “Percià”
PERRE Giuseppe (born 1975)
PEARS Saverio
PILLARS Domenico (Rizziconi, May 13, 1965)
POLIMENI Enzo
PRIOLO Francesco
PROJECTS Marcello
ROMEO Pasquale (Cinquefrondi, 26 August 1996)
RUGNETTA Rocco (Taurianova, 4 April 1967)
SCIARRONE Francesco (Calanna, January 20, 1960)
SERGI Domenico known as “Micu u Prarè”
SIMONETTI Grace
SPANISH Luca
VARACALLI Rocco Bruno
VIOLI Franco
VIOLI Giuseppe (Reggio Calabria, 23 August 1992)
VOTTARI Giuseppe (born in 1999)
ZAMBOLIN Alessandro
ZANDONELLA Geremia called Jerry
ZAPPIA Easter
FRANCESCO IANNACI (Gioia Tauro, January 30, 1977)
16 people under house arrest:
Vincenzo Giglio (Reggio Calabria, 28 July 1954)
Mario Giglio (Reggio Calabria, May 14, 1959)
Pasquale Tripodi (Montebello Ionico, 10 May 1957)
Giuseppe Errante (Bova Marina, 31 July 1955)
Franco Maria Perrelli (Reggio Calabria, 17 February 1946)
Sebastiano Altomonte (Bova, 2 August 1954)
Giuseppe Barreca (Reggio Calabria, 7 December 1957)
Sebastiano Strangio (Locri, February 13, 1975)
Romano Stefano (Locri, 25 May 1972)
Gregorio Fotia (Reggio, 23 October 1964)
Caruso Domenico
Colosimo Luigi
Feo Bruno
Filippone Francesco
Pollichemi Marco
Domenico Zappia

https://www.corrieredellacalabria.i...droga-ramo-principale-per-la-ndrangheta/

“millennium” investigation
Cocaine Routes: The Drug Business "Main Branch" for the 'Ndrangheta
The management of drug trafficking is «unitary and centralized». The reconstruction: «Cocaine leaves the port of Gioia Tauro through the Pesce and the Piromalli»
Published: 22/05/2025 – 6:19

REGGIO CALABRIA The drug trafficking sector is «inevitably and inextricably» linked to the power of the 'ndrangheta clans. It has become the main economic activity in which organised crime is involved and the main source of income, so much so that a real «interdependence between drug trafficking and 'ndrangheta» has been created . In this sense, the enormous proceeds from the purchase and sale of narcotics constitute "the main income" of the premises in Platì. An analysis that emerges in the context of the "Millennium" investigation by the DDA of Reggio Calabria that led to the arrest of 97 people, including leading members of the clans of Sinopoli, Platì, Locri, Melicucco and Natile di Careri, as well as those of the premises in Volpiano, in the province of Turin, and Buccinasco (Milan).
Among the most affected gangs is that of the Barbaro of Platì , whose main source of income appears to be the drug trafficking business.

The drug business " main and necessary branch"
In Platì – it emerges from the ordinance – what should be only one of the «various branches of the company» becomes «the main and necessary branch» capable of determining the control and management of the clan, and where the management of drug trafficking occurs in a «unitary and centralized» manner . A circumstance confirmed by the collaborator of justice Domenico Agresta who on this point makes important statements to the investigators. A modus operandi, that of the Platì clans, also useful to «prevent any discontent and thus avoid possible feuds». « In Platì – explains Agresta – an attempt was made to create a unitary management of drug trafficking so as not to displease anyone and to avoid further feuds and further murders. Whoever has a way to import large quantities of cocaine must allow the other members to invest (that is, to bet with their own cash): this is why in Platì today there are no more feuds or murders. Everyone is given the opportunity to earn and exploit the various ways ».

From South America to the drug dealing squares of Lombardy
And the collaborator, during the interrogations, also provides details on the methods of importation and distribution of the drug. From South America to Platì, to reach the drug dealing areas of Lombardy , where the clan has rooted its criminal interests. Once the drug arrived in Platì, it was introduced into the Milanese and Pavia hinterland by individuals originally from Platì who lived in the North. Through «direct contacts in South America» «the cocaine arrives in the port of Gioia Tauro» , from where it leaves «via the Pesce and the Piromalli . These last two groups from what I know – Agresta states – do not participate in the collection of the money but are responsible for taking the cocaine out of the port and take a percentage that I am not able to tell you how much it amounts to but I know that they are paid with cocaine and not in cash» . Very pure cocaine: «The cocaine in this group is the one marked with the scorpion (it is pure cocaine, the best, purchased at a price that I am not able to report)» .
( mr )

A: Rude cowboy to Ace

Q: is that what you did?!?!? You told him to him to go stuffing stuff himself!?!?!?