The 'Ndrangheta created the NCO.
The magistrate Nicola Gratteri reconstructed the relationship between Raffaele Cutolo and the Ndrangheta, a few years ago.
"Mico Tripolo was killed in the Poggioreale prison by two killer prisoners hired by Cutolo, when he was not famous. Cutolo was important because he had money in prison.. He pays the two killers to kill Don Mico Tripodo because the De Stefanos give him the rules of the Ndrangheta in exchange for forming the Nuova Camorra Organizzataâ€.
I always thought that Cutolo was more instrumental in the Ndrangheta than the other way around. And I believe he is credited for creating the puglia mafia
