The latest DIA report said:

On a purely criminal level, the revival of the Palermitan clans coincided with the renewed interest of the Sicilian clans for drug trafficking. And increasingly Sicilian clans act in symbiosis with foreign criminal groups. In Sicily, tons of drugs come from all over the world, with sometimes unprecedented routes. From South America but also from Germany and Spain, Morocco and Lebanon, Greece, the Mediterranean.

If you happen to have a link, I would love to read that.....

http://www.limesonline.com/carta-mafia-2018-dia-mandamenti-di-cosa-nostra-2/107166?refresh_ce

It speaks of a Mafia 2.0 that seems to be inspired by the doctrine of "sinking" desired by Bernardo Provenzano.

Hollander, my man I LOVE YOU, lol...


I've been trying to up my research game lately.... Guys like you and anti and ciment keep great post coming..

Thanks again, didnt expect such a fast reply

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opi...of-a-new-war-against-the-rise-of-global/

Canada is on the frontline of a new war against the rise of global organized crime

Thank you ....Cabrini !

He died of natural causes, taking with him many of his secrets. Pietro Siclari, an entrepreneur of reference for the most important clans of Reggio Calabria. All his contacts matured and mediated in the reserved and secret context in which high 'ndrangheta and deviant freemasonry hold hands and mix and work together to manage relationships, contacts and business. Throughout his life he has managed to keep a low profile, weaving relationships and affairs in the shade with the greatest exponents of the 'Ndrangheta and the city politics, and even his death has managed to pass almost under track. The seizure of assets for over 142 million euro was performed against Siclari a few months ago.

Ndrangheta, 11 arrests in the Crotone area

July 30, 2018 8.32 The Carabinieri of the company of Petilia Policastro (Crotone), have performed in the area of ​​Roccabernarda, an order for precautionary custody against 11 people held responsible, in various capacities, of mafia-type criminal association. The crimes found are: murder, imprisonment and illegal port of arms, extortion, stolen goods, ideological falsehood committed by public officials in public documents, abuse of office, various damage and killing of animals.

Arrested by the carabinieri the Calabrian boss Simone Cuppari, head of the namesake 'ndrina originally from Brancaleone (Reggio Calabria) and based in Francavilla al Mare (Chieti) from where he controls the traffic of drugs and recycling. Cuppari was wanted since February 2017, when it had escaped capture during the "Design" operation, coordinated by the district anti-mafia directorate of L'Aquila and conducted by the Carabinieri of the provincial Command of Chieti. The boss, already sentenced to 28 years, was tracked down and arrested in an anonymous house in the province of Bergamo.

Police arrested 14 members and associates of the Libri crime family, among the most powerful 'Ndrangheta clans in the city of Reggio Calabria. The inquiry started after the death of the boss Pasquale Libri in 2017 and it showed the new heads of the clan. In the police wiretaps Filippo Chirico, son-in-law of Pasquale Libri, talked about a 'cupola' formed by 7 bosses in order to run the city and led by the lawyer Giorgio De Stefano, strongly linked with the freemasons.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...g-cardboard-splints-third-world-clinics/

Italian doctors using cardboard as splints in 'Third World' clinics of southern Italy

45 people arrested, accused of mafia association, international drug trafficking, extortion and attempted murder, among others charges, on behalf of the Cacciola and Grasso clan in Rosarno mainly dealing in extortion and drug trafficking, importing cocaine from South America and hashish from Spain and Morocco. The drugs were mainly sold in Lombardy, Piedmont and Sicily. Four women, including a criminologist, had a leading role within the organization. Carabinieri believe that the criminologist, thanks to her profession, "was key in the dynamics" of the organization.

http://www.lepoint.fr/europe/italie...03-08-2018-2241337_2626.php#xtor=CS2-239

Italy: a well-known criminologist in cahoots with the mafia
Angela Tibullo, an expert in organized crime, has been arrested on suspicion of working for one of the most powerful mafias in Italy, reports "Le Parisien"

Aged 36, Angela Tibullo is one of the well-known faces of the fight against the Mafia in Italy . A renowned criminologist throughout the country for her fierce fight against the infamous Calabrian clans in the south of the country, she is an expert in Italian organized crime. Or at least was. Angela Tibullo was actually in cahoots with mafia she claimed to fight, reports Le Parisien .

The criminologist was arrested on Thursday as part of a crackdown by the investigating judge of the Reggio Calabria court. She is accused of being in the service of ' Ndrangheta, one of the most powerful mafias in the world . The justice suspects the expert to have set up a device of corruption making it possible to lighten the sentences of the godfathers of this Italian clan particularly dangerous and known for its cocaine traffic.

84 year old Giuseppe Morabito aka ´u Tiradrittu´ considered the number one of the 'ndrangheta, wants to get out of jail.

https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/giuseppe-morabito-boss-1.4075834

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/7060

Clash with suspected mafia boss halts Madonna festivities

Funny, the cannabis seeds were purchased online by Emanuele Mancuso, the son of the boss Pantaleone, called the Engineer, who withdrew 26 thousand to plant them on family land and, waiting for them to become lush marijuana plants, they enjoyed their growth through the images of a drone that controlled, through a camera, even the phases of irrigation.

I think it was Skunk, a pretty good weed.

On a beach in Nicotera, Vibo Valentia between tourists and swimmers Francesco Timpano, 45 years old and with a history of drug- related offenses, was shot dead. He was involved in drug trafficking managed by Emanuele Mancuso, today a collaborator of justice and son of the boss Pantaleone Mancuso known by the nickname of "Engineer".

The boss of the 'ndrangheta Luigi Abbruzzese, 29, was arrested at dawn today in Cassano dello Jonio (Cosenza), by the State Police. Abbruzzese, included in the list of most dangerous fugitives, is the head of the homonymous cosca, hegemon in Sibaritide. He was convicted on 20 years' appeal for drug trafficking. At the time of capture he had 2 guns, ammo and a fake document.
The Abbruzzese are a huge clan of Gipsy origin.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ure-under-scrutiny-after-bridge-collapse

Italy's crumbling infrastructure under scrutiny after bridge collapse

https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/8488-italy-arrests-calabrian-mafia-boss

Italy Arrests Calabrian Mafia Boss

https://www.thelocal.it/20180823/genoa-bridge-collapse-the-mafias-role

Genoa bridge collapse: The mafia's role

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/na...s-story/999c4e95b3f33c87acffdd9f12be164a

State leaders trade barbs over alleged mafia boss links

https://www.smh.com.au/business/con...-selling-fake-honey-20180827-p5000u.html

Capilano, supermarkets accused of selling fake honey

The Carabinieri sent a squadron Hunters to San Luca for security at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, the pilgrimage to Polsi has ancient origins and is still very important. Hundreds of thousands of worshipers from all over Calabria and Eastern Sicily come to honour the Madonna, a token of faith to pay at least once in one’s lifetime. But in September the bosses of the 'Ndrangheta, hold annual meetings in San Luca, at these meetings, every boss must give account of all the activities carried out during the year and of all the most important facts taking place in his territory. The capo crimine, who is elected every year, is in charge of convening these meetings.

Angelo Tutino, reference point of the 'ndrangheta Rosarnese according to numerous investigations, was arrested in the nineties, but recently released from prison. Tutino is nephew of the old boss of Rosarno Giuseppe Pesce, called 'nail', and from 1996/97 he began his
criminal career with the support of his uncle Giuseppe Iennaci, starting with the scams of oranges. According to journalist Klaus Davi, Tutino, still completely free, would have benefited thanks to the strategy of the low profile and the unfiltered position that in some way would have preserved it, at least for now, from the attention of the public opinion.

'Ndrangheta: the memorial of the boss Lo Giudice confirms the agreement with Cosa Nostra in the attack on the State

Notizia tratta da: https://www.ciavula.it/2018/09/ndrangheta-memoriale-boss-conferma-attacco/

Italian police on Thursday seized 14 water purification plants in the Reggio Calabria area for breaking environmental rules. Some 53 people including Reggio Calabria Mayor Giuseppe Falcomatà were placed under investigation. "It's a worrying picture" said prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri.

Beautiful, bloody music.