I know wikipedia is not always relilable or factual but I did find this.
The earliest evidence of 'Ndrangheta activity in the U.S. points to an intimidation scheme run by the syndicate in Pennsylvania mining towns; this scheme was unearthed in 1906.
* ORIGINS:
-- The Calabrian "Honoured Society", known as "'Ndrangheta", in the Calabria region of south Italy is the equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia.
-- 'Ndrangheta began as a defense network for impoverished rural peasants against aristocratic landlords. Members emigrated to Canada and the United States, and were discovered running an intimidation scheme in Pennsylvania mining towns in 1906.
Anyone know which PA mining towns they are? That's a rather vague statement as there are mining towns up north by Scranton, and out west by PGH.
