Here is the structural organization chart of the 'Ndrangheta that wants to take Northern Italy
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Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, Veneto, Valle d'Aosta and Trentino Alto Adige: here is the map of the expansion of the 'Ndrangheta outside the Calabrian parent company. A map from which, as the Dia investigators write in their report presented to Parliament, "the image of a highly pervasive 'Ndrangheta emerges strongly even in extra-regional dynamics and increasingly inserted into relational plots with illustrious personalities from the political and business world" .

A "structural organization chart" of the gangs outside the region that has important numbers, emblematic of the expansionist capacity of the gangs, of the ability of the bosses to reproduce their power according to the typical pattern of Calabrian structures even far from the "mother". In total, 46 locales emerged, of which 25 in Lombardy, 15 in Piedmont, 3 in Liguria, 1 in Veneto, 1 in Valle d'Aosta and 1 in Trentino Alto Adige.

But the expansionist aims of the Calabrian families of 'Ndrangheta have already crossed national borders for some time. Even abroad, in fact, the 'Ndrangheta organizations are able to exploit above all the opportunities offered by the different regulatory systems, favoring the establishment in states that are "not cooperative from the point of view of judicial assistance, which have those large meshes appropriately exploited by the 'Ndrangheta for the reinvestment of illicit capital ”.

For Dia, then, "The current legislative inhomogeneity existing among the various European countries favors the infiltration into the world of economy and finance of the mafias already considerably benefited from the integration of the markets, the liberalization of capital movements, the potential offered by telematic networks, as well as by the development of financial intermediation, among other things, also through alternative circuits. This regulatory misalignment, on the other hand, makes it very difficult to seize mafia assets outside the national territory ".

As for the 'Ndrangheta structures located across the border, as stated by the Central Anti-Crime Director, Prefect Francesco Messina, "The current information framework appears to converge towards a progressive recovery of relations between the clans of the Ionian-Reggio side and the homologous associations traditionally allocated in Canada, in the Ontario region. In this regard, the illicit relations of top members of the 'Ndrangheta with the members of the so-called Toronto Control Chamber, who are held responsible, in that country, for various illegal activities, with particular reference to the gaming and betting, drug trafficking, as well as the re-use of huge profits ".

The criminal growth of the 'Ndrangheta, then, was facilitated by the important diplomatic action carried out by the Calabrian bosses who, over the years, have been able to weave solid relationships of interest with the other criminal organizations operating in Italy. “Significant recent investigative findings - reads the report - confirm the tendency of Calabrian criminal groups to establish forms of utilitarian collaboration with groups of different mafia matrix, in particular with Cosa Nostra. This cooperation tends to appear motivated by specific contingencies rather than by consolidated forms of interaction governed by a sharing of common criminal objectives ".



'Ndrangheta, Dia report: "Mafia groups rooted in Piedmont"
The report of the Minister of the Interior to Parliament on the results achieved by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate in the first half of 2020
Dia - archive photo
Ndrangheta, Dia report: "Mafia groups rooted in Piedmont"

" The roots of mafia groups in Piedmont are confirmed, notably the
'Ndrangheta, which over time has established premises similar to those in their respective areas of origin ". It is one of the passages reported in the report by the Minister of the Interior Lamorgese to Parliament on the results achieved by the Anti-Mafia Investigation Department in the first half of 2020 .

" The historical presence of these clans - we read - was once again highlighted by the sentence pronounced on February 19, 2020 by the Court of Cassation, which sentenced an exponent of the Belfiore-Ursino clan to life imprisonment for having committed in the Piedmontese capital, in 1983, the murder of the then chief prosecutor of Turin ( Bruno Caccia, ed). These are associations mainly dedicated to drug trafficking, extortion and usurious actions often aimed at the acquisition of entrepreneurial activities, but which have recently privileged inclusion in the public procurement sector, through corrupt practices ".

The report also refers to the “Carminius / Bellavita 416 bis” operation, which in February 2020 led to the indictment of the regional councilor Roberto Rosso . " The investigation had shed light on the attempts of a 'Ndrangheta association to acquire some public works launched by a municipality in the Turin province, in the face of the promise of obtaining electoral consensus during administrative consultations in that local context. of the public administration which often takes place with the contribution provided by professionals able to build complex corporate networks useful for shielding the origin of capital ".

It is also highlighted as "some important investigations in recent years have contributed not only to the reconstruction of the 'Ndrangheta organizational charts, but have revealed the stable presence in the Region of structured Calabrian groups. These are criminal aggregations with a marked business-entrepreneurial propensity, which make use, where appropriate, of the typical mafia violent behavior always committed in synergy with the Reggio head office. Furthermore, there has been evidence, once again, of how the most typical Calabrian mafia expressions continue to manifest themselves even outside the lands of origin through the rituals of affiliation, the strict respect for roles and internal hierarchy, affiliates to bear the economic expenses of other affiliates held and the maintenance of a common fund".

The document also notes that " in Piedmont, for some time now, some Mafia families have managed to enter the construction and earthmoving sectors, as well as in the management of activities related to gaming and betting ". Dia's concern is not only the 'Ndrangheta. In fact, some delinquent groups of foreign origin operate in the territory. " The criminal groups of African origin (especially Nigerian), Albanian and Romanian - reads the report - confirm the criminal dynamism in the Piedmont area ".

In conclusion, the report observes that " in the region there are no symptomatic signs of a criminal downsizing of the 'Ndrangheta which, instead, is believed to continue to play a leading role in the Piedmontese criminal scenario. This is also due to the repeatedly emphasized conformation and capillarity, as well as for the strategy of peaceful coexistence that the Calabrian factions have planned in recent times in Piedmont, as well as in various other areas of the Italian territory, towards the associations of different matrix present there and well inserted in their respective delinquent contexts of reference ".