Originally Posted by Strax
Originally Posted by jace
Hollander, or anyone else: How and when did the 'Ndrangheta get into cocaine in a big way? I can see heroin, since they are nearer to the countries that grow it, but cocaine is bought in from South America, how did they form ties there? The heroin dealing goes way back, but the coke has me curious.


Money they got from kidnapping , they invested in drug trade , they were still small back then , but after fall of Sicilian Mafia they were there to fill the void , also all of Italy were focused on Sicily & Sicilian mafia , that allowed 'Ndrangheta to grow almost untouched by law enforcement.


Some of the early drugtraffickers in the 90s moved themselves to Colombia and Venezuela guys like Salvatore Miceli, Roberto Pannunzi and Pasquale Cuntrera where they made first contact with the cocaine cartels.
More and more went there and now 'ndrangheta have drug brokers in these countries, typically in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.

Last edited by Hollander; 02/17/22 02:14 PM.
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