Mafia Articles and News
“Just ’cause we lit the fuse, doesn’t mean we can control the explosion” – Irving, Mr. Robot The residents of Gioia Tauro are very familiar with its port and the ‘ndrangheta who controls it. Ninety-seven percent of the cocaine entering Italy, according to the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA), enters through…...
In March 2020, the Central Operations Service in Catanzaro, Calabria received some interesting reports from the FBI in New York. Specifically, they inquired about Teodoro Matozzo from Satriano, a small town in Catanzaro. Apparently, Matozzo was operating in New York and had links to the Gambino and Colombo families. Equally…...
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”- Ansel Adams What makes a photograph stand out from the rest? For me, it involves catching an unexpected person or moment and capturing it. I’m not a photographer by any means, but I do own a camera and…...
Last week, during a hearing before the Appeal Court of Assizes, pentito (collaborator of justice), Girolamo Bruzzese offered intriguing insight into political connections to the’ndrangheta. Equally important, he detailed a gathering of mafia leaders, in or about 1978-1979. Present at the meeting were the politician, Bettino Craxi, and the previous…...
“The earth is a small place for fugitives”-Kyrgyz Proverb On November 15, 2022, the carabinieri placed Bruno Carbone under arrest at the Ciampino airport in Rome. To begin with, since 2003, Carbone made Europol’s most-wanted list for his fugitive status. At that time, he received a 20-year sentence, in absentia,…...
Merriam-Webster defines the word mafia as: a secret society of Sicily or Italy, a similarly criminal organization in the U.S. a group of people of similar interests or backgrounds prominent in a particular field or enterprise: Clique The mafia dates to the middle of the nineteenth century. Initially, the term…...
“I-CAN (Interpol Cooperation Against ‘Ndrangheta) is about building a global early warning system against an invisible enemy” – Jurgen Stock, Interpol Secretary General Buenos Aires, Argentina Last month, federal police captured Carmelo Alfonso Maiorano, a clan boss of ‘ndrangheta outside of Buenos Aires. The arrest took place in the city…...
“The criminal responsibilities that emerge from this investigation concern personally, the suspects, and not the port system of Gioia Tauro. Which represents a healthy, and legal economic entity not involved in the investigation at all” -Giovanni Bombardieri, Prosecutor of the Republic of Reggio, Calabria One of the largest container ports…...
Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface- A.E Waite Secret Societies Secret societies have existed throughout history, piquing people’s curiosity. Clandestine organizations with carefully selected members who…...
“Extortion rarely paves the straightest path to truth”-Douglas J. Bornemann Italian native Januarius, known as Gennaro, became a priest in his birthplace of Benevento. He eventually went on to become a bishop. On the 19th of September 305AD, Gennaro visited two friends in prison. While he was there, the jailers…...
