“European 'ndrangheta connection”, new confirmation of the strength of the clans
by Rocco Muscari - June 21, 2021
The motivations of the gup of Reggio who inflicted 34 sentences. Business from San Luca to Northern Europe, drugs remain the main business
Reggio, Chronicle
"The investigation has revealed, in particular, once again how organized crime in the Ionian belt of the province of Reggio manages, in Italy and abroad (Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands), consistent and lucrative illicit business, making use of a dense network of associates constituted, for the most part, by the members of the same families of 'Ndrangheta ». This is what the gup of Reggio Calabria Vincenzo Quaranta writes in the reasons for the sentence of the maxi-trial, which took place with the abbreviated procedure, born from the investigations called "European 'ndrangheta connection - Pollino", which ended last November with 34 convictions for a total of 411 years of imprisonment and 8 acquittals confirming the accusatory system represented by the magistrates of the District Anti-Mafia Prosecutor,
The motivation highlights that "the investigations made it possible to ascertain the current operation of the Pelle-Vottari clan, historically hegemonic in the territory of San Luca, which thanks to the joint interests with other associations attributable to the Jonic Mandamento of the 'Ndrangheta, and with the contribution also of Camorra clans operating in Campania, makes international drug trafficking its main criminal activity, a source of very high illicit income, to be laundered in economic activities, both in Italy and abroad ».

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