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…...
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…...
“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 threat posed by organized crime in Europe has never been higher…” according to the EU’s Law Enforcement Agency Arrests On September 20, 2021, Europol, Italian and Spanish police have arrested over 100 people belonging to Mafia clans. The majority of arrests took place on the Spanish Canary Island of…...
