Whenever someone involved in the Ndrangheta gets arrested they are identified as “the head of the ndrangheta” by the news outlet

https://www.thelocal.it/20190709/me...ust-some-myths-about-the-calabrian-mafia

Meet the ’Ndrangheta: It's time to bust some myths about the Calabrian mafia

Brazilian police arrested on Monday two Italian mafiosi who are considered by European and American anti-drug authorities to be the world’s main cocaine brokers.

https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch...-two-of-the-world-s-main-cocaine-dealers

So they’re saying that the Ndrangheta is more broken up and resembles the Camorra more than the Sicilians

I dont think cosa nostra is the same as back under Riina you have Palermo, Trapani, Agrigento, Catania with their own top boss there will never be a boss of bosses again.

Good point. I have always heard that the ndrangheta and cosa have been so similar.

Did Riina have Denaro level of wealth before he was caught? Appears he did.

Russians Detained in Uruguay Over Mafia Boss Escape

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/11/russians-detained-in-uruguay-over-mafia-boss-escape-a66365

'NDRANGHETA - NO NEWS ON THE FLIGHT OF THE BOSS MORABITO
10:01 - 11 July 2019 CALABRIA , Reggio Calabria

17 days after the escape of the 'Ndrangheta boss from the central prison in Montevideo, the Uruguayan authorities admitted that in fact the investigations carried out so far have not yielded results. The news portal "La Red21" of Montevideo reports.
Responding to questions from parliamentarians, the Uruguayan Interior Minister Eduardo Bonomi indicated that "it is assumed that Morabito's flight was malicious", in the sense that there may have been complicity on the part of the prison staff, who was subjected to "To various administrative procedures".
The 'cocaine boss', who was awaiting extradition to Italy, fled his cell around midnight on June 23 along with three other inmates, captured by the police in the following days. Of Morabito, however, the traces have been completely lost and it is not excluded that he may have moved to neighboring Brazil. Bonomi appeared yesterday together with the national police chief, Mario Layera, in front of the Senate Security Commission to answer questions about the escape and the state of the investigation.
The only element that emerged during this meeting is that the investigators follow the track of the participation of prison staff in the escape of Morabito and his accomplices. For this moment the director of the prison, Mary Gonzalez, has been suspended from service, and the director of the National Rehabilitation Institute, Alberto Gadea, has resigned.

Is the Russian mob active in as many areas as the ndrangheta?

No,Russian mob active in a lot of places , but 'Ndrangheta is most widespread criminal organization right now. Russians in US are more involved in white collar crimes. And in Russia they are literally working for the state, and they have protection from state/secret services.
In whole of eastern europe is same thing , same here in my country.

I should have been more specific. I really meant are the Russians active in as many areas of crime as the ndrangheta? For years I have heard about how the Russians are the strongest and control all of Eastern Europe, especially the Bratva. Was this over exaggerated and if not, when did the Ndrangheta supplant them as they are universally seen as the most powerful and richest criminal organization as of today.

Since the late 80s there have been meetings of Russian gangsters, the Colombian cocaine cartels, and the Sicilian Mafia.

Emanuele Mancuso was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment, since June last year collaborator of justice and first repentant inside the powerful and homonymous family of 'ndrangheta of Limbadi and Nicotera.

In the same process the judge acquitted Massimo Vita accused of throwing a paper bomb in the garden of an entrepreneur for extortion. Emanuele Mancuso was instead convicted of criminal association for drug trafficking, aggravated theft of a jewelry store (precious stolen goods for one hundred thousand euros), illegal possession of weapons and shooting in public places.

That is not true at all, i am from Balkans , i personally know a lot of people that are involved in organized crime , they never dealt or heard of any russians around here. In this part of Europe the most powerful are Albanians(clans from Kosovo), Skaljarski & Kavacki clan which are from Montenegro and old zemunski clan from Serbia. Russian mafia bosses have some influence in ex countries of Soviet Union but that is far from control.

https://en.crimerussia.com/internat...n-uruguay-video-from-place-of-detention/

Italian mafia boss forced Russian to work for him in Uruguay. Video from place of detention

The 'Ndrangheta has settled in Switzerland, according to a researcher

SWI/KEYSTONE / CARABINIERI OF REGGIO CALABRIA

(Sda-ats) July 13,2019
The Italian mafia does not spare Switzerland, where the Calabrian branch - the 'Ndrangheta - has established itself, says independent journalist Madeleine Rossi, who has dedicated a report of almost 100 pages to the phenomenon.

"Even if not seen, the 'Ndrangheta is still very present in Switzerland," explained the researcher and journalist in an interview that appeared today on Le Temps. The arrests of several members of the Frauenfeld (TG) cell in recent years are proof of this. And it is just a cell among others in Switzerland, particularly in Ticino.

The presence of the mafia is due to two main reasons: to be forgotten and to launder money. Some people can even get a B permit, as was the case of two mafiosi arrested in Upper Valais in 2016. "These people remain very discreet and live like everyone else," says Rossi.

Members are not at home and know that they risk more than in Italy. On the other hand, if they attract attention, they are punished by the parent company, explains the journalist.

Recycling

As for the activities of the 'Ndrangheta, recycling is increasingly difficult, but still possible in Switzerland. The big banks are increasingly punctilious in this regard, but others are less careful. Furthermore, the catering and hotel sectors also enable money laundering.

"In Ticino, several bars are empty all day, but they make an important turnover": even if it is not a test, it is an important clue, according to the journalist.

Current politicians

Politicians in Switzerland are very familiar with the subject, something that cannot be said of most of the population, continues Rossi. "But some important restrictions seem to prevent them from taking action."

The stakes at the financial level are very high and some professions widely represented in the Federal Parliament take advantage of this, says the mafia specialist. "Certain fiduciaries and some financial advisors earn large sums thanks to the presence of the mafia". Even the arms lobby has a lot to lose, according to Rossi.

The expansion of the 'Ndrangheta is increasing and this will also be the case in Switzerland, notes Rossi. But we must not fall into paranoia or stigmatize the entire Calabrese or Italian community.

The report "Italian Mafias in Switzerland, panorama, perception and legislative framework" by Madeleine Rossi was published in May in Italian.

Mogilevich is arguably the most powerful crime boss in the world though, so maybe that’s partially where I got my perception of the Russian mob from. As well as Putin. The Ndrangheta might have some bosses who can rival him but they are so private, we don’t know who may or may not have money and resources like he does. Denaro if he wasn’t in hiding could easily match or surpass any powerful crime figure. These people have so much political power and so many resources that they might have as much power as anyone in the world up to a point.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ns-Mafia-godfathers-raking-millions.html

Slave labourers living in death-trap shanty towns and Mafia godfathers raking in millions: The shocking cost of your tinned tomatoes

Imprisonment demanded for Dutch nationals arrested during international action

It has not been shown that these suspects are involved in the narcotic drug trafficking of the Italian 'Ndrangheta. But they were themselves producing and selling synthetic drugs. If it is up to the Public Prosecutor of the National Public Prosecutor's Office, they go to jail for up to 6 years. Tuesday morning the court in Zwolle dealt with the cases against the first three suspects. The other two cases will be dealt with on Tuesday afternoon.
"Ndrangheta"
The five men, between 28 and 58 years old and from Velsen, Amsterdam, Zoetermeer and Germany, were arrested in December during an investigation by a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) from the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. The JIT conducted research into the international trade in cocaine, and the associated money laundering practices, of the Mafia-like organization 'Ndrangheta. Observation of Italian suspects living in the Netherlands led to the five Dutchmen and two working production laboratories of synthetic drugs in Amsterdam and Velsen.

What ndrangheta family is most active in the United States? And what family do they work closest with?

22 fucking billion dollars a year! on fruits and shit. Thats more than the cartels make on drugs i think

22 billion seems unbelievable. I don’t know how much I believe that the Ndrangheta is seeing that annually but they very well could be.

Police arrested in Calabria and north Italy 14 members of the 'Ndrangheta (Muia' clan) from Siderno, close to the Commisso's, on charges of mafia association, frauds, loansharking and illegal possession of weapons. The clan had also a cell in Canada where it planned the strategies of the organization.

It emerges from the investigations that led to the operation of the "Canadian Ndrangheta connection".

According to the investigators, this is a structure directly connected to that of Siderno (the Società di Siderno) and, through this it maintains relations with the top structures that govern the organizational structures in Italy and abroad of the 'unitary Ndrangheta. It is the first time, the investigators stress, that it has been possible to broaden the horizons on the articulated structure of the 'Ndrangheta in a supranational context.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...d89e4ce-5f4c-4d10-9684-7ea6acab1aef.html

14 arrests in international 'Ndrangheta
Group linked to powerful Commisso clan hit

Antonio Mancuso, patriarch of the Mancuso family was arrested yesterday. The leading member of the cosca is 81 years old.

'Ndrangheta boss goes on the lam
Ordered murder that triggered feud that led to Duisburg massacre



(ANSA) - Reggio Calabria, July 19 - 'Ndrangheta boss Francesco Pelle aka 'Pakistan Fatty' went on the lam Friday after the supreme Court of Cassation found him guilty of ordering a 2006 Christmas Eve hit that killed the wife of a rival boss and set off a feud that culminated in the 2007 Duisburg Massacre that killed six people in the German city.
Maria Strangio, wife of clan chief Giovanni Luca Nirta, was killed in the Calabrian town of San Luca, starting the San Luca Feud between the Pelle-Vottari clan on one side and the Nirta-Strangio clan on the other.
The mid-August Duisburg Massacre gained world headlines for the Calabrian-based 'Ndrangheta.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...44eb570-da65-4ba4-8c1a-2e95e6d995cf.html

Supected mafia transactions top in north

In San Luca there is fear the feud continues, with Francesco Pelle on the run and his enemy Giovanni Luca Nirta, released from prison after having served a sentence.