'Super mafia' fears as 'leading figures from Italy's three most powerful mobs' - 'Ndrangheta, Camorra and Cosa Nostra - are 'seen sharing a meal of wine and pasta together'

There are fears Italy's three most powerful mafia groups may have formed a formidable alliance after images emerge of leading figures sharing a meal together.

Senior members from the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate based in the peninsular region of Calabria, the Camorra of Naples and Cosa Nostra, which is based in Sicily, were allegedly caught on camera sharing a meal of pasta and wine together in a garden in April 2021.

The meeting was reportedly one of many that police had under surveillance with prosecutors warning the emergence of a grand crime coalition in the affluent north of Italy.

'This is Milan,' one alleged Camorra mafia don was heard saying to an ally. 'We're not in Sicily, we're not in Rome, we're not in Naples, this is where we're doing the good stuff,' according to a Telegraph report.

A suspected member of Cosa Nostra allegedly replied: 'We've built an empire.'

It has been reported the three powerful criminal organisations had put aside their historic rivalries to form a 'super mafia' alliance which is taking advantage of business opportunities in the Lombardy region of the north.

They are suspected of making hundreds of millions of euros investing in legitimate businesses in global fashion capital Milan.

The organisations had forged 'an evolved criminal network' after agreeing 'a stable and enduring accord between Calabrian, Sicilian and Roman mafia members, a sort of confederation,' prosecutors told the Telegraph.

The recently formed mafia in Rome is reportedly a hybrid of Camorra and 'Ndrangheta criminals.

The prosecutor's claims surfaced following a three-year undercover operation called Hydra.

Reports suggest about 600 Carabinieri police officers conducted a series of dawn raids on Wednesday, arresting 11 alleged mafia members on a raft of charges, including extortion, illegal possession of firearms and drug-related charges among others.

It is understood more than 225 million euros’ worth of assets were seized, while at least 142 people were still under investigation, suspected of mafia involvement.

There are also claims some of the suspects are allegedly linked to brutal Cosa Nostra mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

While public bloodbaths, assassinations and ferocious feuds were often a way of life for these mafia bosses, they are now said to be keeping a low profile, choosing white collar crime over public shoot-outs.

The Camorra, one of the oldest and largest criminal institutions in the world, is known for its drug and crime operations, robbing people and committing violent attacks.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rful-Ndrangheta-Camorra-Cosa-Nostra.html

i guess we will have to dig deeper into this alleged 'super mafia'. i would never look to the daily mail to have any lucid facts or details on anything but brit tabloids and the swifties. there is not one good piece of intell in this article. why are there pics of riina? hes dead 6 years now. other pics from 2011 showing bosses of different families seemingly unconnected. strax i am not faulting you this is not your article. thank you for finding it. it opens up for me however a few questions about the arrests.

which families, clans, ndrines?
-there is no way this is an alliance for the totality of cosa nostra, 'ndrangheta and camorra. i looked at the italian mafia maps thread just minutes ago and just the families in sicily let alone palermo is enormous. same can be said for other 2 mafia groups. so an alliance among some of these for sure possible but not as the article claims a 'super mafia'.

also im pretty sure in that pic of '11 top memebers' one of them is a 16 year old.

As already posted in 'ndrangheta thread they were very close to arresting all the bosses, but this was denied by the investigating judge of Milan Tommaso Perna, who rejected over 140 requests for arrests for as many suspects.

checked it out hollander on other thread thanks for the tip. as usuaul another overhyped non story.

As i already said few years ago during Stato-Mafia trial , several witnesses mentioned there was "super commission" formed by most powerful people from all groups , also some secret service members and freemasons. But there was no proof of that. Few witnesses disappeared from witness protection program during that trial so i guess they knew stuff.

This is some straight Blacklist type of shit. As crazy as it sounds I wouldn't be surprised one bit.

Vito, I'll give you my 2 cents: This is nothing new. They have collaborated in the past for decades and used Rome and Milan as places to invest their money. In fact, members of different clans from all of the big Italian criminal organizations work together all over the world, on different ventures. This has been going on for many decades now. I don't think it's as simple as all of the criminals organizations coming together to form some Super Mafia, so to speak. Just business as usual.

this i understand liggio, my beef was more with the poor daily mail article. for sure there is collaboration between many different italian mafias as well as other oc groups. but there are simply too many italian families in italy to say that all of them as the daily mail suggests are in total alliance in some super mafia. not all cosa nostra famiglias are in alliance just on the island of sicily, same can be said for the 'ndrangheta. some 'ndrine are and have been allied for decades other operate completely independently. i will not say anything about camorra it is the italian mafia i know the least about, but it also has dozens upon dozens of families and at one point had split into to different camorras. even inside that mafia at one time there was no agreement. i find this the most frustrating though when the media talks of the 'ndrangheta in generalities as if it some top to bottom monolithic mafia family with 10000+ members all answering to the same one boss, its ridiculous.

There is no super-mafia , thats just newspaper claim. But as i already said , several witnesses talked about supercupola. Leonardo Messina (ex capodecina of San Cataldo crime family), Gioacchino Pennino (ex member of Brancaccio family and freemason) and Vincenzo Grimaldi, ex member of the 'Ndrangheta clan Piromalli-Molè and Marino Pulito from SCU. they all claimed there is supercupola , after that they went missing from witness protection program.

During same trial turncoat Stefano Carmelo Serpa, ex member of the De Stefano clan, said: "I'm afraid, these people are very dangerous. I speak neither of the "Ndrangheta nor of politicians, but of the secret services. And before talking about the relations between 'Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra, I want serious assurances about my security. You don't know the submerged part of the 'Ndrangheta. It means that inside there are people who have even greater power than what Paolo De Stefano had. There are characters inside that at their command were worth and still worth more than him. But these are people you don't even know. They don't even have a fine." Later during trial , he changed his testimony.

Two years ago Public Prosecutor Federico Cafiero De Raho already said there is a sort of National Syndicate.

"The most recent judicial developments make us see that this distinction of Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra as different and separate criminal entities hardly corresponds to reality anymore," Cafiero De Raho said.

“The various mafias operate together, as a single entity,” he concluded.

This allegedly includes not just the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Campanian Camorra and Pugliese Sacra Corona Unita, but also newer groups such as the Foggia Mafia and Gargano Mafia.

“The various mafias operate together, as a single entity,” he concluded.

I take that to mean that regardless of what organization they belong to they all collaborate on various criminal ventures. There's no "that organization is bigger" or "this organization is subservient to that organization" now if we want to talk about media sensationalism, now THAT'S media sensationalism.

I don't think it's a new thing Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra have been always working with each other in particular in northern/central Italy. SCU, Foggia Mafia and Gargano Mafia are off shoots of them and also tied to the three mafias.

Many notorious names even Enrico Nicoletti , nephew of the same name as the cashier of the Banda della Magliana.

“The holy alliance of Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra: here is the new mafia consortium that rules in Lombardy”
Anti-mafia operation in Milan, where according to investigations by prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti and the Carabinieri investigative unit there is a system that groups Sicilian, Calabrian and Campanian clans into a single association. The prosecutor's reconstruction, however, was rejected by the investigating judge who with a two thousand page order accepted only 11 arrest requests out of 153 proposals. The seizure of over 200 million euros has been ordered, with hundreds of searches underway

https://infosannio.com/2023/10/25/l...sorzio-mafioso-che-comanda-in-lombardia/

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The investigation into the mafia in Lombardy. Those Sicilian summits to talk about superbonus.... https://www.tp24.it/immagini_artico...dei-siciliani-per-parlare-di-superbonus- nbsp.jpg
In the period between February and May 2021, two meetings were held in Terrasini, one in Palermo and two in Campobello di Mazara. Sicilians who, despite living in Lombardy, frequently returned to their homeland took part. The Prosecutor's Office tried to arrest them, but the request was rejected by the judge for preliminary investigations, who did not agree with the accusation that Cosa Nostra, Camorra and 'ndrangheta had formed a business alliance. Out of 153 arrest requests, only eleven were granted. The other suspects remain free. It is one of the implications of the "Hydra" anti-mafia operation.

During the meetings in Terrasini and in the province of Trapani, the presence of the lawyer Antonio Messina emerged , considered linked to the family of Matteo Messina Denaro. The meeting on February 2nd two years ago in Palermo attracted investigative attention because there was talk of business. Stefano and Giuseppe Fidanzati, uncle and nephew, together with others, met in an architecture studio in the center of Palermo. According to the police, the 110% superbonus for building renovations was discussed. The investigations focus on businesses managed through a network of companies based in Milan, controlled by Sicilian, Calabrian and Campania families.

Investigators believe that Gioacchino Amato, with the approval of the Fidanzati, commissioned Pietro Mannino to operate in the construction sector. Reference is made to an "architect" and a company that will be dedicated to real estate. The operations will be financed with revenues from different regions, so as not to arouse suspicion. However, Mannino did not meet expectations and this created tension and concern for investors.

Giuseppe Fidanzati is the son of Gaetano, deceased boss of the Acquasanta district of Palermo, and has served a long sentence for drugs.

The lawyer Antonio Messina, a Freemason, was convicted of international drug trafficking. After Messina Denaro's arrest, his homes were searched.

In their dialogues, Fidanzati and Messina referred to a "boy" from Castelvetrano, identified as Francesco Guttadauro, nephew of Matteo Messina Denaro. In particular, Fidanzati remembered a meeting that took place at the Trapani station with "Iddu" (he) who had been accompanied in a Mercedes by a certain "Mimmu". It is not clear whether "Iddu" refers to Guttadauro or, as investigators suspected, to Messina Denaro.

"The Cosa Nostra boss would have had a direct interest "in the huge financial deals carried out in Lombardy by the Lombard mafia system ", highlights the prosecutor of the Milan DDA Alessandra Cerreti in the appeal to the Court of Review, presented after the investigating judge Tommaso Perna rejected 142 of the 153 precautionary measures requested by the Prosecutor's Office, not recognizing the existence of the hypothesized alliance between Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra.

The figure of the former super fugitive appears in various passages of the 1,121 pages of the appeal on a criminal group which, according to investigators, exercises "in the territory all the conduct typical of mafia associations". Not an "eccentric novelty in the Milanese mafia scene" (the prosecutor specifies that he has "never claimed it was a super mafia association") but a " consortium" between criminal groups that had already emerged in investigations in the 1990s.

The connections with the "parent companies" in Southern Italy are demonstrated by various interceptions, including the sentences uttered by one of the suspects, Gioacchino Amico: "We built an empire and we got everything authorized from Milan, passing through Calabria, Naples, everywhere". According to the Prosecutor's Office, the investigating judge, in rejecting most of the measures requested, "did not consider the mafia evolution as demonstrated judicially in numerous investigative contexts, first of all the Infinito investigation", the maxi-operation against the ' ndrangheta in Lombardy.

"Ignoring this evolutionary process and relegating the mafia manifestation of permeation of the economic fabric to the presence or absence of violent activities - is one of the tough steps of the appeal - is worth a thirty-year relegation in judicial and investigative evolution".

The prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti specifies that she has "never claimed it was a super mafia association", but a "consortium" between criminal groups that had already emerged in investigations in the 1990s.

Yet the Lombard mafia system, which emerged with the Hydra operation (154 requests for arrest, but only 11 ordered by the investigating judge), revolved around the figure of Alfonso Giardino, an elderly fixer with a cap , originally from Isola Capo Rizzuto, in the Crotone area . A "new" character in the Lombard-Calabrian criminal panorama, who managed to line up a series of illicit activities from Mauritania, based mainly on the importation of fuel, steel and iron.

Giardino, who died long before the operation began, spoke ten languages ??and had close relations with the authorities of the West African country . Everyone respected him, from the commander of the local police to the customs officials and, as the Sicilian Gioacchino Amico said, one of the arrested men, intercepted on the telephone, could also " call General Aziz" , former prime minister in Saddam Hussein's government, who told him it would have "guaranteed", anonymity, passes and authorizations for their trafficking. Knowledge of languages ??would have helped Giardino to build relationships with foreign criminals and, in particular, with Africans . The friendships served above all to obtain dual citizenship for various exponents of the Lombard mafia system which was made up of the Sicilians Gioacchino Amico, Antonio Galioto, Raimondo Orlando and Pietro Mannino; by the 'ndranghetists Antonio Romeo, Massimo Rosi and Nicodemo Rispoli, "referees" of the Legnano and Lonate Pozzolo premises, an expression of the Cirò gang.

Thanks to his connections with the Mauritanian gendarmerie, Alfonso Giardino had made it clear to Amico and Mannino that it would be possible to obtain residence and passport of that country which would be useful in case of escape for possible arrests, given that in Mauritania, there is no it's extradition. The fee to be paid to obtain the documents was 30 thousand ouguiya, approximately 760 euros. Same amount to rent a house. Alfonsino, as everyone called him, had a kind manner and managed to reassure and bring everyone to agreement . In one of the last intercepted summits, the man had reassured the exponents of the local ndrangheta and the Sicilians that he had even managed to get tons of steel and iron to Russia, starting from Mauritania, with his own ship. He had also established a company in Nouakchott, the country's capital, that dealt with fresh and frozen fish products. And he thought of hiring Raimondo Orlando as commercial director, to cover his possible absconding, escaping arrest by the Milan prosecutor's office.

Which 'Ndrina he belonged to? He sounds like a very powerful guy i have never heard about.

The Nicoscia clan. They had business in Denmark, Norway, Austria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Bulgaria.

https://www.quotidianodelsud.it/cal...zzuto-si-allungavano-fino-alla-danimarca

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ves-wiretapped-groom-listened-plans.html

An offer they couldn't refuse: How mob bosses from across Italy got together at one of Italy's biggest mafia weddings - as detectives wiretapped the groom and listened in to their plans

'Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra a Cosa Unica «unique thing». Drug trafficking is the "main" business
"The top of the 'Ndrangheta is Cosa Nostra" confessed a repentant. The Palermo prosecutor: «The investigations tell of agreements with the Calabrians»

Maurizio De Lucia , chief prosecutor of Palermo, supports this with conviction: «mafia organisations, not just Cosa Nostra, are rooted in the territories». It will no longer be the crime of bombs and deaths killed in the streets, the mafias prefer money to bullets, cryptocurrencies to pennies, jacket and tie to caps and luparas. But all this does not erase the ability of crime to extend its tentacles over any business, illicit or otherwise, drugging the market and employing white and "invisible" collar workers. In the list of good investigative intentions for 2024, prosecutor De Lucia in La Repubblica suggests an in-depth investigation into the relationships (which have always existed) between Cosa Nostra and the 'Ndrangheta . « There is a succession of large-scale seizures of cocaine, drug trafficking is now the main business for Cosa Nostra . Investigations increasingly reveal agreements with the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta . There is a mafia galaxy in full evolution ." On this point, it is necessary to highlight what was declared by the deputy prosecutor of the DDA of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Lombardo during an event in Lamezia Terme.

Giuseppe Lombardo
«The 'ndrangheta is not isolated and never has been. Thinking of criminal structures identified with historical mafias should not mislead, they are components of a system. The 'Ndrangheta as a Calabrian phenomenon, the Cosa Nostra as a Sicilian reality , the Camorra as a typically Campanian phenomenon and the Sacra Corona Unita as a subsidiary of the 'Ndrangheta do not exist. There is what a justice collaborator from Palermo, who defines himself as "reserved" (i.e. a top individual in criminal contexts who does not appear to participate in the basic organizational structure) told us when we questioned him in Palermo". Lombardo reports an interview in which the repentant recounts his trip to Reggio Calabria together with his uncle: «Every 15 days I came to Reggio with my uncle and he left me there with his bodyguard and went to Aspromonte where he spent the weekend, he came back on Sunday evening." A few years later, following the death of his uncle, « Stefano Bontade – continues the story of the collaborator reported by Lombardo – called me to complete the project that my uncle was carrying out and explained to me that they were going to Aspromonte to take orders, since there it was a joint project with the 'Ndrangheta of Reggio . It was to set up a business committee with pieces of institutions, politics and freemasonry because the real power is right there . And while in Calabria it had been working for years, in Sicily it had not yet started."

https://www.corrieredellacalabria.i...raffico-di-droga-e-il-principale-affare/

'Ndrangheta, Camorra and Cosa Nostra in Milan: “The three-headed mafia” in the Report investigation
Tomorrow the Raitre program hosted by Sigfrido Ranucci will deal with the mafia consortium in the Lombardy capital
Published on: 01/13/2024 – 11:31
'Ndrangheta, Camorra and Cosa Nostra in Milan: “The three-headed mafia” in the Report investigation

ROME In Milan the 'Ndrangheta , Camorra and Cosa Nostra have federated into a single mafia consortium. In the shadow of the Madonnina, top exponents of the three most important mafia organizations plan business and connections with politics together. A reality at the center of the investigation "The three-headed mafia" by Giorgio Mottola with the collaboration of Greta Orsi and Norma Ferrara, broadcast on Sunday 14 January at 8.55pm on Rai 3 for Report with Sigfrido Ranucci . In recent years, the criminal system has managed to infiltrate strategic economic and financial sectors of the Milanese territory, managing to come into contact with some of the most prominent Lombard politicians of the Fratelli d'Italia who currently hold positions in the government and in European institutions. The Milanese dome transversal to the three mafias would have included scions of ancient Lombard Cosa Nostra families, close relatives of Matteo Messina Denaro , heads of the local 'Ndrangheta and emissaries of a powerful Camorra clan.
«“I'll split your head in two”: this is how the entrepreneur from Abbiategrasso Errante Parrino reacted to our questions», writes Report on his social channels presenting tomorrow's episode. «The Milan Prosecutor's Office is also convinced that the mafia has long taken root in Abbiategrasso – continues Report – and according to which, thanks to direct relations with Messina Denaro's family, Paolo Errante Parrino would have become one of the points of reference of the new Milanese mafia consortium. A theory that was not believed by the investigating judge of the Court of Milan who denied the arrest of Errante Parrino to the prosecutors. The judge writes verbatim that there are only trivial affairs against her." "
We asked Letizia Bonelli about her relationship with the 'Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra : she didn't take it very well." He writes Report again in one of the previews of the episode which will be broadcast tomorrow. «Letizia Bonelli – Report highlights – is really many things: she organizes exclusive parties on terraces overlooking the cathedral, she has relationships with Milanese politicians. But what few people know is that the name of Letizia Bonelli, previously reported for drug trafficking, appears in numerous investigations by various Italian anti-mafia prosecutors, even though she has never been formally charged. The latest in chronological order is an investigation by the anti-mafia directorate of Milan which, as part of a procedure on procurement in the Lombardy healthcare sector, sometimes intercepted her on the phone with Giuseppe Fidanzati, son of the historic boss of Cosa Nostra in Milan". (redazione@corrierecal.it)

funny how they downplayed an investigation involving politicians from the Meloni party

Yep the party who claims they are tough on crime but seems they only mean foreign lol.

Meloni even wrote a book on the Nigerian mafia to divert attention from the top dogs (Cosa Nostra, Camorra, Ndrangheta) and he also accused Saviano of enriching himself by writing about the mafias lol

You think Meloni herself is connected?

no, but as investigations have shown there are many men from her party involved

Giorgia Meloni got her big break thanks to Silvio Berlusconi, so you never know.

the father of Giorgia Meloni, Franco Meloni, was close to the camorra (Senese clan) in Rome but according to Giorgia he had not links with her since the 1990s when he was arrested for drug trafficking... he died in 2012 anyway

Yep m2w

Giorgia Meloni's father
Francesco Meloni , sentenced to 9 years for drug trafficking in Spain and father of Giorgia Meloni , was allegedly a drug trafficker linked to the Campania boss Michele Senese of the Moccia family of Afragola.
It must be said that Francesco Meloni abandoned his wife Anna Paratore and his daughters Arianna and Giorgia when the current prime minister was still one year old.