The 'ndrangheta has "conquered" Germany
The German government considers it to be the largest mafia

Sun, 02/06/2019 - 19:01

There are between 800 and 1000 members of the Ndrangheta present and operating in Germany: the German government supports it in a response to a question presented to the Bundestag by the parliamentary group of the Greens, published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

According to the German government, it is assumed that there are between 18 and 20 active bases of the Calabrian criminal organization in the country. At the moment, the German security services have identified with certainty only 344 presumed affiliates of the Calabrian mafia, so "we must recognize that there are at least three times the number of members in local bases in Germany," said Irene Mihalic, spokesman for the Greens for internal politics "this is an enormous risk for the security of the country with respect to which we must revive the attention of the institutions". The Ndrangheta would be the largest Italian criminal group in Germany. Sicilian Cosa Nostra would be "represented" in the country with 123 members.

In addition there are the branches of the Camorra from Campania with 94 members and the clans of the SCU, which in Germany have 18 exponents. The Italian mafia, explains the German government, has "a high degree of organization and professionalism" compared to the other criminal groups present in the country. In order to hide, it has recently given up violent actions and concentrates their activities on the influence of political and economic exponents.