'Ndrangheta: 25 arrests in Calabria for international drug trafficking linked to the Mancuso clan.

When you see such a large amount of people starting to get arrested, would it be safe to assume that their strength could be decreasing a little? They are no longer an anonymous or measly crime organization as pretty much everyone knows about them present day.

In the bust today were also arrested a Colombian boss who worked with Escobar and several sicilians.

Also arrested an actor who has worked as an appearance in the TV series "Gomorra" .This is Carlo Cuccia, 39, from Tradate (Varese).

Cuccia appeared in the fiction as "specchiettista", the one that has the task of reporting the presence of the target to be hit at the time of ambushes. In reality, within the criminal organization Cuccia, according to reports from the investigators, had been assigned the task of finding arms.

https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/0...-massive-650kg-cocaine-haul-livorno-port

Italy police nets massive 650kg cocaine haul in Livorno port

Based on where it was recovered, is it safe to say that it’s the Ndrangheta’s shipment?

They didn't say for certainty but based on the fact that the Ndrangheta controls about 80 % of the cocaine entering Europe, the probability that it may be them is a good assumption.

https://www.thelocal.it/20190131/italy-thwarts-colombian-cartel-with-massive-cocaine-haul

Italy thwarts Colombian cartel with massive cocaine haul

Is that a totally different haul? That’s an insane number

I’ve heard you say that the Sicilian mafia was the strongest and richest OC group/cartel ever seen. Can you tell me if they were really richer than the Medellin cartel under Escobar? Because he controlled roughly 80% of the coke trade and his operations was taking in an estimated $26 billion a year when he was on top. Can you direct me towards articles of the Sicilians, ndrangheta or Camorra members rivaling that?

I believe it is a different haul because they speak of different amounts of bags seized.

Ndrangheta is not playing lol

You can see in alot of articles about the Ndrangheta making twice that amount. But i've never read about the Sicilian mafia that they did. But if m2w says so then i guess it is so.

'Ndrangheta: the role of women grows, from drug trafficking to the collection of lace
No longer the mere role of logistical assistance to the fugitives, "women have conquered important spaces" in the criminal activities of the 'ndrangheta protagonists of vicious activities related to the trafficking of drugs and the collection of lace' ". It was Francesco Rattà, manager of the Reggio Calabria mobile team, to outline the role of women in the Calabrian organized crime, speaking at the conference 'Investigate 2.0 - Past, present and future in the fight against crime', in Rome at the High School of Police '. More and more important roles that cage 'even those who want to get out of the criminal circuit. "We are not yet witnessing mass rebellion phenomena, until now we are only recording single episodes of women who choose to collaborate with justice to escape from that world", adds the investigator. A risky way, if you think that "the code of the 'Ndrangheta foresees death for this kind of transgressions. In fact, there have been cases of 'ndrangheta and suicide' feminicides.

I do not doubt his knowledge. I just hold the Medellin cartel as the standard and I would love to hear someone make a case for another OC/cartel group to see if I’m wrong. At Pablo’s height they were dwarfing other OC groups based on money and power. This was back in the 80s as well. So their income is even more impressive. Ndrangheta in recent years I’m sure can be compared if those numbers are accurate. And based on the police seizures that are reported, I do believe the estimated numbers.

medellin cartel led by escobar was very rich, anyway like i said the numbers are often inflated and wrong, nobody can know exactly how an organized crime group earns, they are mostly speculations
anyway sicilian mafia produced heroin in sicily and supplied both europe and north america and it was the most lucrative drug at that time, it also was involved in several other rackets (public works, constructions, fruit, fish and vegetables markets, extortions, gambling, waste disposal) while medellin cartel focussed on drug only
so although probably there are not estimates about sicilian mafia of that time i think it earned even more, and also sicilian mafia is the crime groups in italy with the most billions seized in assets, accumulated in the past, though ndrangheta is earning more in the lateste years

If the Sicilians were earning more than the Medellin cartel, how do you think they stayed under the radar? And what was the mafia’s biggest money earner outside of drugs and did it compare to what they were making in drugs? Also, if you can then link me some of the seizures worth billions. I’ll look for them myself as well, but the only one I know of is the one involving Denaro.

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/24/le...ganized-crime-is-global-and-flourishing/

The following was taken from the attached article published in 2018. If true, according to this article, the Ndrangheta has achieved monumental success/revenues from their criminal enterprises.


Calabria’s prosecutors would conclude that the ’Ndrangheta had a presence in 120 of the world’s 200 countries and a global income of $50-100 billion at its upper end, around $10 billion more than Microsoft’s annual revenue. They ran heroin, marijuana and 70 percent of the cocaine in Europe. They extorted Calabria’s businesses for billions of euros every year and, further afield, embezzled and rigged contracts from the Italian government and the European Union worth billions more, even cornering the market in the disposal of nuclear waste, which they dumped in the Red Sea off Somalia. Their empire linked a mob war in Toronto to a cocaine-delivering pizzeria in Queens, New York, called Cucino a Modo Mio (I Cook My Own Way) to the reported ownership of an entire Brussels neighborhood to mining in Togo.
Their gun-running business directly affected the destiny of nations: Franco Roberti, head of Italy’s anti-mafia directorate, told me the ’Ndrangheta was selling weapons to several sides in Syria’s civil war. But it was laundering their riches and those of other crime groups from around the world, which the Calabrians did for a fee, that made the ’Ndrangheta a global power. Millions of people worked in their companies, shopped in their stores, ate in their restaurants, lived in their buildings and elected politicians they funded. Giuseppe Lombardo, a Calabrian prosecutor specializing in the ’Ndrangheta’s finances, told me that by buying up the government debt of two Asian countries, Thailand and Indonesia, then threatening to dump it, the ’Ndrangheta had blackmailed entire nations into letting it operate on their territory. Their money, said Lombardo, had elevated the group to a position of invulnerability. They now occupied a "fundamental and indispensable position in the global market," he said, one that was "more or less essential for the smooth functioning of the global economic system."

Bruno Nirta is a "santista".

The fact that the Ndrangheta handles these massive asset and drug seizures in stride should tell us all we need to know.

I agree, it is self explanatory.

https://www.telemia.it/2019/02/ndra...mato-carcere-a-vita-per-francesco-baron/

Ndrangheta: Francesco Barone ,33 year old from Rosarno, was accused of killing his mother after discovering she had an extramarital affair.

there is a link of assets seized from organized crime groups in italy, it's in italian but you can use google translate; 11.640 is the total, and almost half (4.728) of them in sicily, and some of the ones seized across italy belonged to sicilian mafia too, so about 60% of the total
they are official numbers, not speculations

https://www.wired.it/attualita/politica/2017/07/19/beni-confiscati-mafie-mappa/?refresh_ce=

I’ll habe to download google translate. 11.64 billion? At the rate that the ndrangheta is going, I wouldn’t be surprised if they ended up having the most assets seized in the future. In the 80s which you consider the absolute prime for the Sicilian mafia, are there estimates on what they were bringing in relative to what the ndrangheta is bringing in now? Or what the Medellin cartel brought in under Pablo? I know Riina had aroun $125 million worth of assets confiscated when he was arrested. Camorra bosses were also loaded maybe like Riina as well at that time I believe. I’ve seen reports of Alfieri, Zaza, Bardellino and Nuvoletta being worth close to billions of not in the billions. Like you said, only real insiders really know but I wouldn’t put it past them during that time.

it's not 11 billions, it's the number of assets seized apartments, companies, hotels etc. 11.640, i don't know the value
anyway, they seized 5 billions from messina denaro only, so from sicilian mafia as a whole is much more

What assets of his did they seize? I saw that 1.5 billion were seized from an Italian businessman who served as a money launderer for them. And I saw 1.4 were seized from cascio who is supposedly another money launderer.

they seized about 5 billions in total from businessmen messina denaro used as frontmen (nicastri, patti, savalle and others)

I added the translated copy

Goods confiscated from the mafia, the map of companies and properties taken away from criminal organizations
Villas, apartments and businesses, this is how the assets of the bosses are reused, region by region, municipality by municipality

by Antonio Iafano

There are 12,480 of the stolen assets from the mafia and returned to the community. This is stated by data from the National Agency for Assets seized and confiscated from organized crime (Anbsc), updated from 1980 to early July 2017. The assets consist of 11,604 properties and 876 companies. To these figures are added another 130 thousand units, of which about 17 thousand classified as seized, 52,010 as confiscated and 23,692 recipient goods, or confiscated with final sentence but which are still awaiting destination.

According to the information portal of the Anbsc , there are currently 3,339 ongoing judicial procedures, of which 77% consists of preventive measures and the remainder from classical criminal proceedings. Thanks to the data provided by the Agency, we have mapped and analyzed the assets that were once criminal organizations.

The properties
The map shows the confiscated and intended real estate exiting the management of the Anbsc. The buildings can be transferred to the patrimony of the territorial entities , maintained to the patrimony of the State or sold .



There are 11,640 real estate already destined in Italy. The only Region of Sicily has 4,728 assets , which added to those of the other southern regions represent just over 80% of the total reused properties.

Palermo is the municipality with the highest number of properties ( 1,744 ), followed by Reggio Calabria ( 386 ) and Naples ( 233 ). Milan is the fourth among Italian cities and first among the northern ones with 217 confiscated properties .

The main recipients of the assets are the Municipalities , with 81% of the properties, and the Police for which 11% of the properties have been allocated . A smaller percentage is used by the Regions and other State administrations. More than half of the properties, as provided for by the anti-mafia code, are used for social purposes , the remainder for institutional or public order purposes . 19 properties are maintained by the Anbsc for economic purposes . About 60% of the assets are represented by real estate units for residential use , while about 30% of land and almost 9% of units for industrial or commercial use . Among the assets there are also over 1000 units surveyed as castles or palaces of artistic and historical value. There are 163 properties sold and 14 those destroyed.

The companies
Palermo , with 146 companies , is also the first city for the number of companies confiscated, followed by Rome ( 93 ), Milan ( 43 ) and Naples ( 36 ).



Among the 876 companies confiscated , limited liability companies account for 62%, individual companies 16%, limited partnerships and 15%, only limited companies are only 2.17%.

The confiscated businesses are above all belonging to the construction sector. Businesses belonging to the trade around 10%. A significant share, almost 8%, is also represented by the hotel and restaurant sector.

In contrast to real estate, most companies are liquidated and closed. According to data from the ANBSC 813 companies have been liquidated, 59 sold and only 3 are rented.

According to the Register of Companies, in 2016 the companies confiscated from the mafia counted 2,973 employees and a production value equal to 638,572,504 €

How much are the assets confiscated from the mafia?
According to the President of the Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission, Rosy Bindi, this is a wealth worth over 25 billion euros. However, there is a great deal of confusion among the state offices that deal with the subject. Last year the Court of Auditors tried to estimate the value of confiscated assets, crossing the data of the Ministries of Justice and the Interior, he concluded that the value amounts to at least one billion euros.
But even this figure is not entirely reliable. Article. 36 of the Anti-Mafia Code provides that the judicial administrator appointed by the Court to estimate the asset, and art. 47 that the National Agency for the Seized and Confiscated Assets will decide the destination of the asset on the basis of the estimate of the value performed by the administrator. The Court of Auditors, in his report he noted that judicial offices almost never transcribe the value of the asset and that ANBSC does not have the legal obligation to report the value of the assets. So the Court of Auditors makes its analysis starting from the estimate of the asset at the time of the seizure. The problem is that, as the Court itself notes in its report,

between the communication of the judicial chancery and the actual destination of the assets, they spend more than 5 years, a period in which the good is often abandoned and loses its value. This makes inaccurate any assessment of the total estimate of assets confiscated from the mafia.

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there is a mistake in this article... according to this source the assets still awaiting destination are 17.387, 5.812 in Sicily, 2.465 in Campania, 2.028 in Calabria

https://www.ilsicilia.it/beni-confi...-mancate-seimila-immobili-senza-padroni/

Thank you