https://www.corrieredellacalabria.i...-li-vendere-croissant-frutta-bene-video/Published on: 05/08/2024
The Siderno boss convicted in Calabria and acquitted in Canada. «They sell good fruit croissants
In the new episode Leporace talks about Angelo Figliomeni "U brigante", involved in a huge banking investigation
«We deal with the 'ndrangheta because it is always good to do so, at a time when people are voting and anti-mafia professionals are signing protocols that appeal for a "clean vote", perhaps without seeing who they are signing them with, if there is any councilor under investigation or if you suspect 'Ndrangheta they are in that building. Be careful who promote these initiatives." This appears to be the last episode of "Fourth Wall", the column edited by journalist Paride Leporace and broadcast every Wednesday on L'altro Corriere TV, channel 75.
«Meanwhile in Diamante the other evening a lido, Le Sirene, it was set on fire and reduced to ashes – underlines Leporace – and, coincidentally, there is also voting in Diamante. Luckily people have mobilised, they have collected 4,500 euros to give to these people affected by this accident, for now indicated as malicious causes or a short circuit, these very strange short circuits. We'll see". «But if this is the “small 'Ndrangheta”, let's deal with the “big” one, the global one. Angelo Figliomeni, in Siderno, is called “'u brigante” and his name already says a lot » recalls Leporace. «Finally convicted of participating in the mafia association of one of the capitals of the world's 'Ndrangheta, various crimes, he thought well of going to Canada and settling in the state of York, where the crime of mafia association is not contemplated. All this prevents his extradition. But the Canadian police, the judiciary, left no stone unturned for a character like that who sells sandwiches but does not have a stall and delivers baked goods and therefore placed around him, those who frequent him and some bankers, as many as 500 policemen who have started a very serious investigation."
«This is reported by an investigation, this time journalistic, exclusively by the Italian newspaper “Repubblica”, by the Toronto Star, a prestigious Canadian newspaper, which you can read in full on the IRP Media website. The text of the investigation is in English, but there is a device that also allows you to know it in Italian. I'll summarize it for you."
«Banks were placed under x-ray, because as Giovanni Falcone taught, if you want to find the mafia you have to follow the money, four banks – underlined Leporace – ended up under observation for their relationships with our "brigand" Figliomeni. Many issues have emerged, especially very close relationships with money laundering issues through wiretaps and tracking of bank accounts, which have particularly put two members of these banks under scrutiny."
«I won't give you names because I can't expose our newspaper to possible litigation. Well, one of these banks is accused of money laundering and suspicious transactions. Figliomeni's lawyers never wanted to comment to the journalists who carried out the investigation on the events that occurred which seemed very relevant. Certainly, one of these employees is on "administrative leave" due to what happened." «But the very guarantee-oriented investigations, as it should be, did not stand up to the accusation, as they say. In particular, an interception where Figliomeni addressed his friend who liaises with the banks, talking about a "croissant" that had to "be brought". Well, the lawyers were very good because croissants are not shady deals for justice, but apparently they are real croissants."
«The judiciary had seized from Mr Figliomeni and his friends, call them what you want, think 35 million Canadian dollars, 5 Ferraris, 27 houses, which were returned to their legitimate owners. So Figliomeni, definitively condemned in Calabria, goes to Canada, becomes an entrepreneur, is investigated, everything is not confirmed. The final consideration is that selling croissants in Canada apparently makes good money."
