'Ndrangheta in Rosarno, 54 convictions: the investigation into the feud for the drug monopoly

Struck to the heart in 2018 by the maxi operation "Ares", signed by the Dda of Reggio and the Carabinieri, now the verdict has arrived, 54 sentences inflicted on the leaders and wingmen of the 'ndrine Grasso and Cacciola.
First allies to conquer Rosarno, which has always been in the hands of the historic Pesce and Bellocco families, then bitter rivals for the dispute over the drug market in the port city. The emerging gangs of Cacciola and Grasso ended up starting from 2013 to engage in an internal feud for the management of illicit business. The investigators ascertained the organizational capacity of the clans to import cocaine from South America and hashish from Spain and Morocco: tons of drugs that arrived in Italy (often not using the port of Gioia Tauro) and ended in the shopping squares in Lombardy, Piedmont and Sicily.