Allarme Dia: ''La 'Ndrangheta mira a conquistare i porti del Nord Europa''
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Published: 14 February 2019
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by Davide de Bari
In the Dia report, relations with local companies abroad and narcos in Mexico and Colombia


"Mexico continues to be an area of ​​interest for Italian criminal organizations, representing, together with Colombia, one of the main areas of production and transit of cocaine destined to supply not only US and Canadian markets, but also European ones".

It is from this consideration that the last report of the first half of 2018 of the Dia (Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate) starts, in dealing with the theme of the links between the 'Ndrangheta and the cartels of Mexican and Colombian narcos.

Analysts highlight how the "Gulf and Los Zetas cartel would have established alliances with representatives of Italian organized crime, in particular with the Calabrese one". Not only.

These relations would also extend to "forms of mutual assistance, to give refuge to fugitives".

The routes of drug trafficking affecting Mexico would be divided into three directions: from the Atlantic ports of Mexico towards some West African and European countries of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, from the Mexican ports of the Pacific towards, across the strait of Panama, of Europe (Poland, Baltic countries, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania) and from the Mexican ports of the Pacific directly to the countries of Southeast Asia (Indonesia), following the Pacific route.

While the Colombian narcos, through "agreements", have "allowed" the "Ndrangheta to" take a leading role in trafficking to Europe ". The report, however, underlined the presence of "Cosa Nostra which, for some time, has been trying to recover a more important role in drug trafficking,

( Why people argue against this, is truly beyond my comprehension..)



With regard to North America, with particular reference to Canada, Dia highlighted "the pressure exerted by other organizations for the control of the territory, in particular of the 'Ndrangheta, which would be replacing Sicilian rivals in controlling traffic and drug dealing of drugs.

( Also, havent we been saying this same shit for YEARS now?)


At the same time, the 'Ndrangheta would be equally active in the recycling and re-employment of illicit capital ".

The organized crime in Calabria also in Canada has "replicated" the same "structure of the areas of origin" and for this "The Canadian locals would ensure, in fact, to the Calabrian gangs, functional support to the laundering of illicit proceeds and drug trafficking".

In addition to this, cocaine “produced in Colombia would pass through Venezuela, for the subsequent passage to the USA and Canada ". Also in Australia, the 'Ndrangheta "is the main mafia organization of Italian origin present on that Continent".

Also in this case “the association would have links with the Calabrian clans for the coordinated execution of criminal activities at an international level. Among the illicit sectors of interest, the import of drugs from Europe, China and South America, of synthetic drugs, precursors and cocaine, is prominent ".

The tentacles of the 'Ndrangheta in Europe
and to the geographical position of Germany, which borders with Holland, another point of support for drugs from South America ”.


The Netherlands is precisely one of the countries on which the attention of the investigators is concentrated, in particular with respect to the international port of Rotterdam, particularly exploited in drug trafficking.

Belgium is also in a strategic position and due to its port importance in Antwerp "it is also a strategic junction for numerous traditional illegal activities, including the narcotrafficio from South America".


In fact, the investigations conducted in Italy "have highlighted the strong propensity of the 'Ndrangheta to establish criminal contexts in the countries of Northern Europe, where for some time exponents of Ionian-Reggio have entered various economic sectors".


Furthermore, it confirms "the existence of a dense network of relationships in several European states, including Spain, identified by the 'Ndrangheta as an area of ​​drug transit and for the reinvestment of illicit capital, as well as for the refuge of fugitives".


In France, on the other hand, the investigations "confirm the presence of a second generation of 'Ndranghetist criminals" and that "the considerable criminal interests of the' Ndrangheta would have led to the establishment of superordinate structures of coordination, between the peripheral units and the parent company of Reggio Emilia" .


According to the document, in Austria the gangs "using nominees who had moved into the territory" would have succeeded "in investing, even in this country, the proceeds of illegal activities". Not only.


The investigations indicate the presence of the 'Ndrangheta also "in the field of betting and online games". As for the Slovak Republic, thanks to the investigations on the report Jan Kuciak, killed on February 22 last, the "expansionist aims of the 'Ndrangheta became evident precisely in the semester" and "the interest of the gangs towards European funds was highlighted" for agriculture ".

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