Italian Mafia 'ndrangheta bought weapons in Brazil
The mafia group 'ndrangheta, considered one of the largest of its kind in Italy, would have negotiated the purchase of arms in Brazil, showed an article published by the portal "UOL". Criminals would have connections with the First Capital Command (PCC) in the country, as well as other groups across South America.

The disclosure of arms trafficking, in addition to drugs, is among the more than 13,500 pages of the “Rinascita-Scott” (“Renascimento-Scott”) trial - which began in September in Rome after an investigation of the District Antimafia Department (DDA) of Catanzaro.

In December last year, Italian authorities arrested 334 people, including politicians, lawyers and civil servants, in the outbreak of the action. In all, 416 people are investigated in the case for numerous crimes, such as mafia association, homicide, extortion, trafficking and money laundering.

According to the Brazilian portal, the purchase would have been organized by Bruno Fuduli, who committed suicide in November last year, and by two heads of clans of the 'ndrangheta: Giuseppe Accorinti and Antonio Vacatello. In a telephone tap from one of the defendants in the case, Gregorio Niglia, those involved spoke of a plan to “transport some containers” in 2016 with an undefined number of weapons.

Fuduli volunteered as a spy for the Italian authorities after being contacted by mobsters to work with the international cocaine trafficking and, thinking he did not receive enough “recognition” from the government for his help in catching criminals, he became one of Italy's most famous drug dealers.

Among the countless accusations against the Italian, is that of “international trade in firearms and clandestine weapons” between the European country and South America. Just like the one mentioned in the “UOL” report, the weapons would leave Goiás for Italian ports.

According to “La C”, they were hidden in marble blocks and followed the method already used by 'ndrangheta in other operations dismantled by the Italians. Fuduli then followed the plan to import the stones, transport them on freight trains and did this by third-party companies that were unaware of the international trafficking scheme, as a way to circumvent customs bureaucracy.