I come face to face with the boss of the 'ndrangheta
6 March 2019 15:50

We are in Rizziconi, a Calabrian village near Gioia Tauro. Every time we say the name of the family, people run away or send us to that country in a bad way. We find only one person willing to talk, an elderly gentleman to whom we ask why everyone escapes when we say the name of that family. He replies that "if you lived here you would escape too" . We went there because on December 25, 2018 Marcello Bruzzese, the brother of a repentant of 'Ndrangheta , Girolamo, was murdered in Pesaro. Girolamo had been the right arm of the boss Teodoro Crea, then thanks to his statements he helped nail several members of the Crea family. According to the rules of the 'ndrangheta the faults always fall on the whole family. Even the choice of the day of the murder of Marcello is not accidental. December 25th, the day when everyone is celebrating. "So they remind you of the pain" , tells us the Procurator of Catanzaro Nicola Gratteri. Currently the sister of Marcello and Girolamo lives under a false name in an unknown location . We were able to interview her to ask her what it means to live under protection . The life of these people is not easy. With the false documents that are provided you can not have a telephone sim, you can not buy a car, you can not even go to the hospital . " The 'ndrangheta has a strong control of the territory in Calabria , even if a boss is arrested the population does not dare to occupy that territory and the boss's sons can easily replace their father", tells us the prosecutor i Catanzaro. Click to view the service Total control is obtained on the one hand by intimidating people and on the other by seizing local politics. But there are those who do not bend like the former mayor of Rizziconi, Antonino Bartuccio who has decided to stay in that country even after having arrested the boss. He tells us how his life has changed . No one else greeted him in the village. But it was worth it because his stay in Rizziconi has become the symbol of the state that does not surrender to organized crime . Before leaving, we wanted to ask a few questions to Nino Crea called 'or malandrino. Nobody in the village wanted to help us find it but after hours of stalking it happens in front of us. He says that he wanted to meet us and that he would have many things to tell us but that he can not do it because he is on trial. Luigi Pelazza tries anyway to ask him some questions: the result is that Nino, presumed regent of the cosca Crea, escapes on a scooter

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