Anti-'Ndrangheta operation in Cosenza, police arrested 18 members of two clans based in the city led by the bosses Roberto Porcaro and Luigi Abbruzzese, on charges of mafia-type association, murder, drug trafficking, extortion, arson and illegal possession of weapons.
Roberto Porcaro for the 'traditional Ndrangheta, the so-called "Italians" and the brothers Luigi, Marco, Nicola and Francesco Abbruzzese for nomadic crime, the so-called "gypsies".
The disputed crime is that of Luca Bruni which took place on January 3, 2012 in Rende; the victim was "regent" of the homonymous clan
Roberto Porcaro, in recent days, had been acquitted on appeal by the accusation of having concurred in the role of principal in the Bruni murder.
The confederate gangs, the "Italians" and the other "gypsies" had a common fund, the so-called "basin" into which the proceeds of drug trafficking and extortion activities flowed. Roberto Porcaro would have assumed the role of "leader" of the Italians after the final sentence to life imprisonment of the most significant elements of the Ndrangheta of Cosenza.