I did read somewhere he had meetings with the Canadians, but I can't remember more details.



New blow to the 'ndrangheta. The carabinieri of the provincial command of Reggio Calabria carried out 8 arrests issued by the general prosecutor of Reggio Calabria, directed by the attorney general Bernardo Petralia, following the pronouncement of the Cassation, which confirmed the sentences of 2 to 10 years of imprisonment.
The convictions stem from the operation called "New Power", launched by the Arma after two bloody events in 2004, which led to the outlining of the structures of the two gangs of 'Ndrangheta, initially in violent opposition to each other, of the Pangallo-Maesano- Favasuli and the Zavettieri, who operated a territorial, political and economic dominance over the municipalities of Roghudi and Roccaforte del Greco, through extortion, control of contracts, fictitious registration of goods and trafficking in drugs.

They arrested Francesco Pangallo, 44, sentenced to over 10 years of imprisonment for mafia-type association, extortion aggravated by the mafia method and crimes in weapons matters; Domenico Carmelo Iaria, 44 years, sentenced to more than 6 years of imprisonment for mafia-type association, procured non-compliance with punishment aggravated by the mafia facilitation and arms offenses; Agostino Palamara, 46 years old, Domenico Attinà, 48 years old, Giovanni Pangallo, 56 years old, Filippo Stelitano, 41 years old, sentenced to almost 5 and a half years of imprisonment, for mafia-type association; Francesco Pangallo, 45 years old, sentenced to 4 years in prison for unlawful competition with threats or violence aggravated by the mafia facilitation. Andrea Pasquale Mesinao. 72 years, sentenced to over 2 and a half years of imprisonment for illicit competition with threats or violence aggravated by the mafia facilitation.