The Bellocco are still considered one of the most powerful clans.
Currently led by Rocco Bellocco.
'Ndrangheta, the Bellocco family and the international force of Calabrian narcos: 24 arrests. Measurements in Messina and Vibo
27 October 2022
Two hundred soldiers of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Reggio Calabria and of the SCICO, under the coordination of the local Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate, directed by Dr. Giovanni Bombardieri, are carrying out - with the support of other Departments of the Corps, in the provinces of Reggio Calabria, Catania, Messina, Vibo Valentia , Salerno, Milan and Pavia - measures restricting personal freedom, issued by the GIP Section of the Court of Reggio Calabria, against 24 subjects ( 15 in prison and 9 under house arrest ) involved in a international drug trafficking. These would be characters linked in various ways to the Bellocco clan of Rosarno (RC), operating throughout the plain of Gioia Tauro.
The international force of Calabrian narcos
In detail - at the state of the proceedings and without prejudice to subsequent assessments regarding the actual and definitive ascertainment of responsibility - today's operation would have confirmed the strength and capillarity, both nationally and internationally, of the Calabrian narcos, who continue to place themselves as privileged interlocutors with the most qualified world organizations, guaranteeing ever greater reliability.
The huge capital and entrepreneurial ability
The availability of huge capital of illicit origin and the strong ability to manage the various segments and traffic junctions allowed the investigated organization, which would have been promoted and directed by a top member of the aforementioned Reggio family, to consolidate an important role in the international drug trafficking using, among other things, preferential and tested foreign supply channels.
Communications with Albania and Brazil
The criminal group, which used encrypted cell phones or public telephone booths to communicate, interfaced with different organizations having their own operational bases in Albania and Brazil. In this context, it would have been discovered that the organization was able to bring large consignments of cocaine from Brazil, stored in Switzerland, to then be transported to Lombardy and sold to identified buyers, including an Albanian subject of particular criminal relief .
