Thanks for the info Strax, I am currently watching Suburra, in the show it seems Gypsy and Romani gangs are the ones that actually control the territories in Rome, do you know which Ndrina has the biggest presence over there?

In Rome you have really powerful gypsy clans(Spinelli,Spada,Casamonica,Di Silvio,Di Gugliemo,Di Rocco) , they do have control of some territory but i wouldn't say they control Rome. No one really controls Rome , you have a lot of organized crime groups present, Massimo Carminati also known as "King of Rome" is also very powerful ,together with Salvatore Buzzi and others from mafia capitale. Police seized 27 million euros from Carminati and Buzzi few years ago. But out of the big organized crime groups 'Ndrangheta have biggest present in Rome as i already said , while Sicilians have biggest presence in Milan.

Pelle and Morabito for sure. Followed by Piromalli and Alvaro

Are people from mafia capitale not connected to any of the major mafia groups from the south? Another thing I`m curious about is that are Ndragheta, Cosa Nostra or Camorra members/associates in Rome and Milan actually from the south? Or were they born locally but recruited by the southern clans?

They were connected and worked together with all of them , but mostly 'Ndrangheta and Sicilian mafia.Salvatore Buzzi brought votes to the former mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno during 2014 European elections with the help of the 'Ndrina Mancuso, also governor of Lazio Nicola Zingaretti was connected to mafia capitale thru Giovanni De Carlo , Sicilian mafia 'representative' in Rome.

The Church is the biggest player in Rome lol, pretty sure that Leggio was the initial contact in Milan, I believe that that is how Burlesconi began his ascent.

Silvio Burlesconi is Milanese and Emilio Fede might be Sicilian, also, P2 has been linked to the church, the State and the Mafiosi, as long as Caesar to Rome.

Other politicians who were arrested for connections with mafia capitale were president of Rome city council, the head of the city public-housing division and the former president of Ostia. And to answer your previous question , there are some members who are from Rome , but high ranking people and trusted people are all from south.

There is so much to read about the ndrangheta mobility....sigh...

Thank you Strax

Rome's mafias are ever more like the Cosa Nostra in Sicily, the Camorra in Campania and the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria, according to a 2018 report from the National Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate. The six-monthly report, issued the day after a major mafia bust in the capital against the Casamonica clan which was allied to the 'Ndrangheta for drug pushing, said "organisations similar for MOs to mafia associations like those in Sicily, Calabria and Campania are ever more evident in Rome".
In some areas of the capital there are criminal groups which, "based on close family ties, ever more show the modus operandi of groups of mafia associations", the report said.

True, but they are all under heavy influence from 'Ndrangheta or Sicilian mafia.

Probably next year. The Disney documentary will be broadcast on its new on demand channel (Disney +), directed by Jacques Charmelot a French journalist.
Also a six-part drama series based on a true story will be on Disney +. Good Mothers tells the true story of how three brave women within the infamous Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia teamed up with newly minted female prosecutor, Alessandra Cerreti, to bring down the criminal empire.

It might turn out to be good, but honestly it sounds like your typical mob documentary, where they only talk about the pitfalls of the life, how "brave" people are who fight with the State, and how they brought them down even though we know the Ndrangheta is not even close to being brought down.

To me a good Ndrangheta documentary would start from the very very beginning with its humble origins all the way to the present day, naming all the important clans across Calabria and around the world with awesome footage and photos. But that's just me.

One of the best 'Ndrangheta articles: https://www.occrp.org/en/ndrangheta...me-clan-that-moved-cocaine-across-europe

The Mafia from the mountains: Fighting Italy's most ruthless and secretive clans

The CBC's Italy correspondent, Megan Williams, takes us into the heart of Calabria and the stronghold of the 'ndrangheta mafia group, where a "maxi-processo" — an Italian anti-Mafia trial — involving 355 defendants is underway.
Aired: June 1, 2021

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radi...fighting-italys-ruthless-secretive-clans

The Rome mafia groups are not necessarily under the influence of the 'ndrangheta - they are quite a different breed, more urban, some of them are gypsies, like the Casamonica. Watch Suburra on Netflix, quite good and it's on the Casamonica/Fasciani/Di Silvio clans!

The Disney program is based on the Good Mothers, a (not so great) book by an English journalist about women of the mafia. Not holding my breathe. A good movie is Black Souls - Anime Nere (2014) on the 'ndrangheta. Very good.

I think Magliana neighborhood near the airport renowned for the Magliana Gang is still mobbed-up. Interested about them check Romanzo criminale.
Yes Black Souls is great, gritty and some real mobsters in it.

Romanzo Criminale was great! I loved that show.

'not necessarily' bur more often then not , you even see Rome groups often ask 'Ndrangheta/Sicilians for help. Nowhere in Italy you can reach high level organized crime without support of major groups from South.

Did you know strax, Massimo Carminati is the basis of the character of "Il Nero" in the book Romanzo Criminale. He had ties to Sicilian mafia boss Gaetano Badalamenti. He also inspired the character of Samurai in the book Suburra.

For 'Il Nero' i knew its based od Massimo Carminati, figured that out pretty quickly. But i had no idea about Samurai in Suburra. Doesn't Samurai get killed in Suburra pretty quickly ?

You guys are just babbling on about nothing, your comments are sedative.

No Samurai was the big bad in the TV series as well as the movie. Although they did give him a lame ending.

So is Ndrangheta also the largest group by membership and affiliates? Or is Camorra or Cosa Nostra larger in pure number?

Ndrangheta documentary about the current Maxi Trial, about half way through. So far so good lol. It’s in English btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_dBYkVVCI

They state that the Ndrangheta can buy a kilo of blow of 1k Euro and flipped for 70 or 80xs, that’s a massive return lol.

Reggio Calabria, the boss of 'Ndrangheta Giovanni Tegano has died
The mammasantissima was for decades at the head of the homonymous clan. He was arrested in 2010 and called a "man of peace".

Giovanni Tegano, 81, was for many years at the top of the homonymous gang operating in the Archi district of Reggio Calabria , a true stronghold of the most powerful mafia families in the city of the Strait.

Among the main protagonists of the second war of 'Ndrangheta, Giovanni Tegano managed to remain a fugitive from 1993 until 2010, despite a life sentence. A period of long silence, during which, however, the boss remained firmly in command of the clan, continuing to issue orders and directions and manage business.

Recently, in 2019, the prosecutor Giuseppe Lombardo had entered him in the register of suspects for the murder of judge Scopelliti.

^^^^
Anna Sergi’s tweet from earlier today:

#ndrangheta today Giovanni Tegano died. He is one of the most important ndranghetisti in Reggio Calabria and one of the founders of the Santa. History tells us how Tegano has been as violent as he was strategically clever. With him will die many secrets.

https://twitter.com/annasergi/status/1412792595667984391?s=20

The capture of Tegano in 2010.

'Ndrangheta and drug trafficking, an inseparable link
Piero Innocenti July 10, 2021
Much of the cocaine seized every year in the ports of Gioia Tauro and in the other ports is imported by the Calabrian mafia which, for years, has also controlled some points of arrival of goods from South American countries, in Germany, Belgium and Holland.
Business is extraordinarily good judging by the quantities of seizures carried out in 2020 by the Italian police forces (13.4 tons, an absolute record, over 6 tons in these first six months of 2021 and about 40 tons in the ports of Hamburg, one of the most important in Europe and Antwerp).
To recall the dominant role of the 'Ndrangheta in the management of the international drug trafficking of cocaine towards Europe was, last June, the DCSA on the occasion of the presentation of the annual report 2021(2020 data) on the activities carried out and the results achieved in the fight against drug trafficking.
Confirmed in 2020 the stability of the current clans in the various "districts" (Ionian, central, Tyrrhenian), in the capitals of Crotone, Catanzaro, Vibonese and Cosentino, the DCSA highlights the connections of the 'Ndrangheta "... functional to the management of drug trafficking , with members of the Cosa Nostra, of the Camorra, of the Apulian criminal organizations, as well as with foreign criminal groups ” also recalling a recent hearing (April 29, 2021) of the Chief of Police before the Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission.
The reality is that the Calabrian mafia is the "master" of the cocaine trade all over the world and if already in 2008 the US decided to put it on the "black list" of drug trafficking to try to prevent the pollution of the American economic and financial system, more recently (September 2020) Europol “has evaluated the threat of the 'Ndrangheta as the most relevant, indicating it among the most qualified criminal organizations in the world”.
The Calabrian mafia is particularly rooted in Holland, Belgium and Germany "... where through direct territorial desecrations, it manages the arrival, storage and distribution of cocaine".
In Germany, in particular, it has been noted for years "... the pervasive presence of the Calabrian criminal structure in the cities of Duisburg(remember the 2007 Duisburg massacre, ed ) , Erfurt, Munchen, Leipzig, Neurkirchen-Vluyn, Dizisau, Bous and Bochum ”. The German Interior Minister himself, in response to a parliamentary question (published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , 2020), supported an active presence throughout the national territory of about twenty Calabrian criminal structures (with about 800 / 1,000 affiliates in total) , faithful reproduction of the structure of origin with which they maintain consolidated connections.
The increased information exchange of recent times (finally!) In the context of the "Italy-Germany" task force and investigative acquisitions have also made it possible to detect the existence of"... relational reciprocity between the leaders of the" Balkan cartel " , also settled in Germany, and leading exponents of the Calabrian gangs, who have consolidated profitable channels of criminal collaboration, creating a large-scale joint venture".
A general criminal situation that will have to face investigative and judicial apparatuses also struggling with many problems connected to an increasingly violent predatory crime.
(July 5, 2021)

Twelve people believed to be linked to the Piromalli clan were arrested this morning by the carabinieri as part of an operation, called "Geolja", coordinated by the Reggio Calabria anti-mafia district directorate. The blitz started at dawn between Gioia Tauro and Milan where the military of the provincial command carried out a precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge at the request of the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri and the adjunct Gaetano Paci.

The suspects - ten in prison and two under house arrest - are accused, in various capacities and in concurrence with each other, of criminal association of the mafia type, fraudulent transfer of values ​​and illegal competition with threats or violence with the aggravating circumstance of the use of the mafia method.

The Court of Palmi sentenced the former mayor of Delianuova Francesco Rossi , accused of mafia association, to 12 years in prison . The "Iris" trial against the Alvaro clan ended in the first instance and with the ordinary rite. Overall, judge Francesco Jacinto issued 9 sentences and 14 acquittals .

According to the DDA, the former mayor Rossi was at the complete disposal of the Sinopoli mafia family. The heaviest sentence, 24 years in prison, was imposed on the boss Raffaele Alvaro known as "Pagghiazza". Carmine Alvaro known as "u limbici" (14 years of imprisonment), Carmine Alvaro known as "u bruzzise" (12 years).