'Ndrangheta, the holding company to conquer the world. New levers and historical clans in Calabria

SAVERIO PUCCIO | 22 JAN. 2020 16:02 | 0 comments

CATANZARO - A "holding company that never misses an opportunity to get rich", managing to "contaminate any part of society left without a presence and pervade the whole national territory". The 'Ndrangheta conquers an increasingly pervasive power, managing to dialogue with anyone and taking root in the territory with a widespread presence, as shown by the maps that indicate the gangs active in the Calabrian territory. A growth that looks, however, outside the national territory.

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To reconstruct the dynamics of organized crime was the head of the operational section of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate of Catanzaro, the deputy chief Giuseppe Maria Emiddio. Having recently arrived at the head of the section, the deputy commissioner met the journalists to take stock of the activity carried out and the results achieved which are contained in the traditional Dia report, with particular attention to the district of the Dda of Catanzaro led by the prosecutor Nicola Gratteri.

"We have recorded the presence of" locals "in every region - he highlighted - even in those where until recently they were not even taken into consideration». A very high infiltration capacity, to the point that the Dia report itself becomes "a cross-section in work in progress that must also take into account new crimes to earn more".

In the whirlwind business set up by the 'ndrangheta, Dia found an ability to' specialize to create a 'laundry' with false invoices, companies headed by nominees and all those elements that can be used to clean up the money resulting from illicit activities ». Businesses that, according to what emerged in the various investigations, "are also carried out outside Italy, precisely because it is possible to make money disappear".

In a constantly evolving 'ndrangheta that is not only archaic traditions, women who take care of people in prison and carry out the affairs of the gang also play an important role. An expansion that obviously does not leave the public administration indifferent: "We find a link between criminal association and public administration - said Emiddio - which is not free from constraints".

To counter this continuing rise, the deputy chief reiterated the need for fruitful collaboration by the population: "There is no strong collaboration of citizenship - said Emiddio - as if there was a sort of habit that should be eradicated because otherwise the war cannot be won. One cannot think of delegating only the police force ».

In the Dia report the dynamics concerning the provinces of Catanzaro, Crotone, Cosenza and Vibo Valentia were analyzed, examining the various gangs active in the area and the contrast operations carried out between January and June of last year.

New levers and balances in the Catanzaro area

As far as the province of Catanzaro is concerned, the investigations have made it possible to record "a sort of generational relay, a forced" regeneration ", caused by the loss of important leaders and affiliates decimated by the arrests". To add concern there is also a change in the balance: "To silently advance on the criminal scenario operating in the territory between the Ionian coast and the" mountain "of the Presila Catanzarese and Crotonese - says Dia - important surnames of the historical 'ndrangheta they seek to consolidate its presence by filling an apparent void ». In the Lamezia Terme area, however, "the gangs have once again highlighted the ability to project their criminal interests even outside the region".

The power of the Mancusos in the Vibonese area

La Dia reported how the Vibonese continues to "constitute a reference territory" for the Mancuso family of Limbadi. The powerful gang, according to the report, "makes use of a series of trusted satellite consortiums, boasting solid and consolidated alliances with the gangs of Reggino, in particular those operating in the territory falling in the plain of Gioia Tauro".

In Cosenza « institutional collusions »

To achieve their objectives, the gangs active in the Cosentino "also resort to collusive actions with institutional subjects". This is the most critical passage of the report in the analysis of the province of Cosenza. "In particular, the capital - highlights Dia - is characterized by the presence and constant operation of the Lanzino - Pattucci, Perna - Cicero, Abbruzzese and Rango - Gingari gangs".

The Grande Aracri landmark in the Crotone area

In the period examined by the report, "the Crotone area did not show significant changes in the mapping of the 'Ndranghetista families, which sees the hegemony of the Grande Aracri gang confirmed, at the top of the local of Cutro, which has always been a point of reference for the other gangs Crotone and the neighboring provinces, although it can boast particularly fierce operational projections in Northern Italy ".

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