Eight tonnes of cocaine seized in 'Ndrangheta probe

(ANSA) - Catanzaro, January 24 - Eight tonnes of cocaine have been seized in Colombia in relation to an Italian probe into drugs operations by the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia, investigators said Tuesday. The drugs, which were found in a consignment of bananas, had a street value of 1.6 billion euros, police said. Italian police arrested 54 people in Calabria on suspicion of drug trafficking. They said the gang had been planning to use a plane to bring cocaine into Calabria through Lamezia Terme airport. Several other seizures of between 60 and 100 kilos each were conducted in Italy and other parts of Europe, sources said. "The operation confirms the privileged relationship the 'Ndrangheta has with the South American Narcos, with agreements in which roles mix and the great capacity to manage sales in many regions," said Nicola Gratteri, the head of the Catanzaro DDA anti-mafia department.

Source: http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2017/01/...b1a5f0d788.html

I NOMI

Arcuri Rosario, nato e residente a Rosarno
Baldo Fortunato, nato a Soriano Calabro e residente a Mileto
Bufalini Massimiliano, nato a Frosinone e residente a Supino
Cannizzaro Antonino, nato a Taurianova e residente a Rosarno
Cannizzaro Gregorio, nato a Taurianova e residente a Rosarno
Cutrì Rocco, nato a Palmi e residente a Sinopoli
Feroleto Pasquale, nato e residente a Lamezia Terme
Fiarè Filippo, nato e residente a San Gregorio
Fogliaro Antonino, nato e residente a Mileto
Grillo Antonio, nato a Tropea e residente a San Calogero
Grillo Giuseppe, nato a Tropea e residente a San Calogero
Grillo Pasquale, nato e residente a San Calogero
Grimaldi Giuseppe, nato e residente a Mesoraca
Iannello Domenico, nato a Vibo Valentia e residente a Mileto
Iannello Giuseppe, nato a Vibo Valentia e residente a San Calogero
Iannello Rocco, nato a Mileto e residente a Mileto
Lentini Domenico, nato ad Oppido Mamertina e residente a San Marcello Pistoiese
Loschiavo Fortunato, nato e residente a Mileto
Luccisano Vania, nata a Vibo Valentia e residente a Mileto
Mandica Aurelio, nato a Messina e residente a Frosinone
Mercuri Giuseppe, nato e residente a San Calogero
Mesiano Mariantonia, nata e residente a Mileto
Messina Enzo, nato a Bolzano e residente in San Pietro Casale
Mussari Carlo, nato a Catanzaro e residente a Marcedusa
Oliva Ernesto, nato e residente a Terranova di Sibari
Paladino Salvatore, nato e residente a Rosarno
Pannaci Massimo, nato e residente a Vibo Valentia
Paolillo Angelo, nato a Taurianova e residente a Rosarno
Petullà Giuseppe Vittorio, nato a Mileto e residente a Carate Brianza
Pititto Gianluca, nato a Vibo Valentia e residente a Mileto
Pititto Giuseppe, nato a Vibo Valentia e residente a Mileto
Pititto Mario, nato a Vibo Valentia e residente a Rosarno
Pititto Salvatore, nato a Mileto e residente a Mileto
Polito Massimo, nato a Vibo Valentia e residente a Mileto
Rizzuto Angelo, nato e residente a Palermo
Rizzuto Calogero, nato e residente a Palermo
Rondinelli Giuseppe, nato e residente a Botricello
Ruggiero Antonio, nato e residente a Vibo Valentia
Scicchitano Antonio, nato e residente a Botricello
Suppa Antonino Nazareno, nato e residente a Francica
Verman Oksana, nata in Ucraina

That's a ridiculous amount of blow...interesting to see a different grousing of calabrian clans than the usual Siderno group and friends.

A day later an operation against the Piromallis, 33 arrests, probably the most powerful crime family in Calabria with branches in Lombardy and in the United States, where the FBI is now doing "investigative insights."

Italian police, FBI in 'Ndrangheta op
33 arrests in Piromalli clan

(ANSA) - Rome, January 26 - Italian police and the FBI on Thursday carried out operations against one of the most powerful clans in Italy's strongest and richest mafia, the Calabrian-based 'Ndrangheta.
Some 33 people were arrested in probes into the Piromalli clan's business interests in Italy and the US, including around the massive Gioia Tauro container port and across the wealthy Lombard belt, where the clan exercised "radical control over business apparatus and the real-estate and agri-food sectors including Milan's fruit and vegetable market". The Piromallis' agri-food interests amounted to an annual 16 billion euros, police said, while their US interests were centred on "massive" penetration of the olive-oil market.
The ringleader of the operations was Antonio Piromalli, 45, son of one of the historic leaders of the clan, 72-year-old Pino, who has been held in the top security '41 bis' mafia jail regime for over 20 years.
Police seized some 40 million euros in assets.