News from Italy

[calabrianwatch]

Question for mafia experts in Italy: I read that the Grecos of Ciaculli/Croceverde had relatives in Calabria members of the 'Ndrangheta. I know Greco is a fairly common name in Italy, but could this Giuseppe Greco be a relative to the Grecos of Sicily ? https://www.approdocalabria.it/giornale ... -in-corso/

Very unlikely - Greco is REALLY a common surname in both Sicily and Calabria, and in Calabria as well there are many ndranghetisti with that surname as well. Also, a lot of Sicilian and Calabrians have family linked with each other, so impossible to say.

[motorfab]

Question for mafia experts in Italy: I read that the Grecos of Ciaculli/Croceverde had relatives in Calabria members of the 'Ndrangheta. I know Greco is a fairly common name in Italy, but could this Giuseppe Greco be a relative to the Grecos of Sicily ? https://www.approdocalabria.it/giornale ... -in-corso/

Very unlikely - Greco is REALLY a common surname in both Sicily and Calabria, and in Calabria as well there are many ndranghetisti with that surname as well. Also, a lot of Sicilian and Calabrians have family linked with each other, so impossible to say.

That's what I thought too. I would like to know who are the 'ndrangheta's Grecos relative to the Greco in Sicily. I may find out one day ... Thank you for the reply.

[aleksandrored]

Arrested in Barcelona "godfather" of the Calabrian mafia

Spanish police announced today that they had arrested a "godfather" in Calabrian mafic ('Ndrangheta) in Barcelona and said he was one of the most dangerous and wanted criminals in Italy.



identified by the Guardia Civil only by the initials G.R., the 34-year-old suspect was arrested in a large market in Barcelona, the Mercat de Sant Gervasi, thanks to the surveillance of a member of his family.

In a statement, Spanish police said he had fled "several years ago" and was wanted in Italy for drug trafficking, money laundering and affiliation.

According to the police, the clues for his capture were initially given by French anti-drug investigators, after which one of his family members was able to be watched with the help of the Italian police.

Last November, the suspect was tried in absentia by an Italian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison for playing a central role in a drug trafficking and money laundering network in Italy.

According to Spanish police, the suspect's father, 74, with links to the mafia, is also being held in Parma, Italy.

Headquartered in Calabria, southern Italy, 'Ndrangheta' is considered one of the richest and most powerful crime syndicates due to the control over most of the cocaine that enters Europe.

'Ndrangheta' has expanded its activities around the world and is already considered to be larger than Cosa Nostra, from Sicily.

[calabrianwatch]

Arrested in Barcelona "godfather" of the Calabrian mafia

Spanish police announced today that they had arrested a "godfather" in Calabrian mafic ('Ndrangheta) in Barcelona and said he was one of the most dangerous and wanted criminals in Italy.



identified by the Guardia Civil only by the initials G.R., the 34-year-old suspect was arrested in a large market in Barcelona, the Mercat de Sant Gervasi, thanks to the surveillance of a member of his family.

In a statement, Spanish police said he had fled "several years ago" and was wanted in Italy for drug trafficking, money laundering and affiliation.

According to the police, the clues for his capture were initially given by French anti-drug investigators, after which one of his family members was able to be watched with the help of the Italian police.

Last November, the suspect was tried in absentia by an Italian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison for playing a central role in a drug trafficking and money laundering network in Italy.

According to Spanish police, the suspect's father, 74, with links to the mafia, is also being held in Parma, Italy.

Headquartered in Calabria, southern Italy, 'Ndrangheta' is considered one of the richest and most powerful crime syndicates due to the control over most of the cocaine that enters Europe.

'Ndrangheta' has expanded its activities around the world and is already considered to be larger than Cosa Nostra, from Sicily.

haha you gotta love newspapers - Giuseppe Romeo is no godfather! he is a narco-trafficker!

[aleksandrored]

Arrested in Barcelona "godfather" of the Calabrian mafia

Spanish police announced today that they had arrested a "godfather" in Calabrian mafic ('Ndrangheta) in Barcelona and said he was one of the most dangerous and wanted criminals in Italy.



identified by the Guardia Civil only by the initials G.R., the 34-year-old suspect was arrested in a large market in Barcelona, the Mercat de Sant Gervasi, thanks to the surveillance of a member of his family.

In a statement, Spanish police said he had fled "several years ago" and was wanted in Italy for drug trafficking, money laundering and affiliation.

According to the police, the clues for his capture were initially given by French anti-drug investigators, after which one of his family members was able to be watched with the help of the Italian police.

Last November, the suspect was tried in absentia by an Italian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison for playing a central role in a drug trafficking and money laundering network in Italy.

According to Spanish police, the suspect's father, 74, with links to the mafia, is also being held in Parma, Italy.

Headquartered in Calabria, southern Italy, 'Ndrangheta' is considered one of the richest and most powerful crime syndicates due to the control over most of the cocaine that enters Europe.

'Ndrangheta' has expanded its activities around the world and is already considered to be larger than Cosa Nostra, from Sicily.

haha you gotta love newspapers - Giuseppe Romeo is no godfather! he is a narco-trafficker!

Thanks for the correction.

[calabrianwatch]

Arrested in Barcelona "godfather" of the Calabrian mafia

Spanish police announced today that they had arrested a "godfather" in Calabrian mafic ('Ndrangheta) in Barcelona and said he was one of the most dangerous and wanted criminals in Italy.



identified by the Guardia Civil only by the initials G.R., the 34-year-old suspect was arrested in a large market in Barcelona, the Mercat de Sant Gervasi, thanks to the surveillance of a member of his family.

In a statement, Spanish police said he had fled "several years ago" and was wanted in Italy for drug trafficking, money laundering and affiliation.

According to the police, the clues for his capture were initially given by French anti-drug investigators, after which one of his family members was able to be watched with the help of the Italian police.

Last November, the suspect was tried in absentia by an Italian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison for playing a central role in a drug trafficking and money laundering network in Italy.

According to Spanish police, the suspect's father, 74, with links to the mafia, is also being held in Parma, Italy.

Headquartered in Calabria, southern Italy, 'Ndrangheta' is considered one of the richest and most powerful crime syndicates due to the control over most of the cocaine that enters Europe.

'Ndrangheta' has expanded its activities around the world and is already considered to be larger than Cosa Nostra, from Sicily.

haha you gotta love newspapers - Giuseppe Romeo is no godfather! he is a narco-trafficker!

Thanks for the correction.

He is a very important one of course, no problem with that - but no godfather. he is from San Luca and his father was part of the big guys club years ago, Giuseppe is said to be able to move 40 kgs of coke per week, so yeah, he was dangerous in that sense!

[aleksandrored]

Arrested in Barcelona "godfather" of the Calabrian mafia

Spanish police announced today that they had arrested a "godfather" in Calabrian mafic ('Ndrangheta) in Barcelona and said he was one of the most dangerous and wanted criminals in Italy.



identified by the Guardia Civil only by the initials G.R., the 34-year-old suspect was arrested in a large market in Barcelona, the Mercat de Sant Gervasi, thanks to the surveillance of a member of his family.

In a statement, Spanish police said he had fled "several years ago" and was wanted in Italy for drug trafficking, money laundering and affiliation.

According to the police, the clues for his capture were initially given by French anti-drug investigators, after which one of his family members was able to be watched with the help of the Italian police.

Last November, the suspect was tried in absentia by an Italian court and sentenced to 20 years in prison for playing a central role in a drug trafficking and money laundering network in Italy.

According to Spanish police, the suspect's father, 74, with links to the mafia, is also being held in Parma, Italy.

Headquartered in Calabria, southern Italy, 'Ndrangheta' is considered one of the richest and most powerful crime syndicates due to the control over most of the cocaine that enters Europe.

'Ndrangheta' has expanded its activities around the world and is already considered to be larger than Cosa Nostra, from Sicily.

haha you gotta love newspapers - Giuseppe Romeo is no godfather! he is a narco-trafficker!

Thanks for the correction.

He is a very important one of course, no problem with that - but no godfather. he is from San Luca and his father was part of the big guys club years ago, Giuseppe is said to be able to move 40 kgs of coke per week, so yeah, he was dangerous in that sense!

I got this news from a website in my country, so as it involves mafia in the title maybe that's why they used "godfather" too.

[calabrianwatch]

@Wisegui posted this link and comment: -https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2 ... 285890907/ - "Just as an aside, I stumbled across this while trying to read more on the above report. Last month, it was reported Palermo investigators had recorded two mafiosi in Agrigento Province discussing an emissary from the Gambino family who had visited in search of a financially troubled company they could launder money through. The Gambino guy wasn't identified but he was reportedly accompanied by two Russian individuals and the name of "Dominique D'Acquisto" came up in the conversation. One could assume they were talking about Gambino captain Domenico Acquista" in another thread but it's relevant also here -

I added this:

THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE COURT ARREST WARRANT -

BUGGEA raccontava infatti che in America e segnatamente a New York operavano degli uomini d’onore (“gente buona”), originari di Castrofilippo, ed aggiungeva che nel 2005 e nel 2006 lui stesso, insieme a qualcun altro che non indicava, si sarebbe dovuto recare negli Stati Uniti dove era stato concordato “un appuntamento” analogo a quello che “tre anni prima” il noto mafioso “Totò DI GIOIA” aveva avuto con tale “Dominick ACQUISTO” , indicato come “castrofilippese che è vicino ai GAMBINO”.

(…)
«BUGGEA: …a Castrofilippo ci sono gente buona in America… a New York… dove io nel 2005 dovevo andare a incontrare… persone… a New York… e non ci sono potuto andare… poi ci dovevo andare a novembre 2006, 2005 sempre… ci dovevo andare a novembre 2005… per una cosa, per una cazzata …parole incomprensibili… mio nipote… non ci siamo potuti andare che avevamo altro… trafico cca… problemi, impegni, cose e cunti… abbiamo evitato… però c'era un appuntamento dda… l'anno prima ci è andato, due anni prima, tre anni prima c'è andato Totò DI GIOIA, ci l’aviano mandato e se ne è andato da Dominick ACQUISTO… questo Dominick ACQUISTO è un castrofilippese… che è vicino ai GAMBINO… questo CALI' che hanno ammazzato ora, la moglie lo sa chi era? INZERILLO…»

Nel rispetto della fondamentale regola che vincola tutti i mafiosi ad affrontare questioni di natura associativa solo una volta ottenute garanzie circa la comune appartenenza a cosa nostra, BUGGEA rassicurava il CASTELLO circa le informazioni in tal senso acquisite sul conto dell’emissario americano.
BUGGEA affermava infatti di avere menzionato proprio il mafioso “ACQUISTO” (che definiva come “un mezzo paesano nostro…”) al suo interlocutore americano, il quale gli aveva risposto che si trattava di un suo “compare”.
Una volta accreditatosi, “l’americano” aveva chiarito al BUGGEA l’oggetto del progetto criminale che si comprendeva essere riferito al riciclaggio transnazionale di ingenti somme provenienti da Singapore.

(…)

Evidentemente anche in ragione della portata dell’affare criminale propostogli, il BUGGEA raccontava di avere acquisito ulteriori informazioni in cosa nostra finalizzate a verificare l’affidabilità dell’interlocutore americano.
Il canicattinese informava CASTELLO di essersi recato a Castrofilippo dove aveva chiesto ad un non menzionato referente della locale articolazione mafiosa “informazioni su di questo”, ricevendo rassicurazioni sulla qualità dell’americano e sul legame che effettivamente aveva con altro personaggio, passaggio questo certamente riferito al nominato “ACQUISTO” ("…dice - è a lato a quello al 100%…").

(...)

CASTELLO Simone, dimostrandosi interessato all’operazione, chiariva che prima avrebbe dovuto parlare con una terza persona non menzionata onde acquisire ulteriori informazioni su “Dominick ACQUISTO” ed ipotizzava di rivolgersi a “Franco INZERILLO”, avendo BUGGEA confermato che il soggetto americano con cui aveva parlato lo aveva autorizzato a dire (ad altri esponenti mafiosi) che egli si muoveva per conto della famiglia “GAMBINO” a cui diceva essere legati gli “INZERILLO”:

(…)
CASTELLO: però… si deve parlare con… …parole incomprensibili… per… per capire a che punto è…
BUGGEA: zio Simò… io forse sono stato confusionario nel spiegare le cose…
CASTELLO: nooo…
BUGGEA: però dico… queste sono state le cose…
CASTELLO: confusionario non ce ne è… perché ripeto è una cosa che io già sapevo perché questa…
BUGGEA: però siccome mi hanno detto di convincere altre persone (si sovrappongono le voci, ndr)…
CASTELLO: …parole incomprensibili…(si sovrappongono le voci, ndr)
BUGGEA: ma qua è venuto quello… nome… cognome …parola incomprensibile… io sono…(breve pausa, ndr)
CASTELLO: di Castrofilippo…
BUGGEA: si… Dominick ACQUISTO… si può informare… si deve informare…
CASTELLO: ACQUISTO…
BUGGEA: se lo scriva … non se lo può scrivere?
CASTELLO: no… non ce ne è di bisogno, me lo ricordo…
BUGGEA: Dominick… che è Minicu ACQUISTO …parola incomprensibile… … sposta una …parola incomprensibile…
CASTELLO: dove abita… lo sai? Te lo ha detto?
BUGGEA: a New York…
CASTELLO: dove? Quale quartiere? Perché New York è fatta di cinque quartieri…
BUGGEA: non glielo so dire zio Simò… potremmo noi saperlo…
CASTELLO: Brooklyn… Bronx…
BUGGEA: oppure?
CASTELLO: Manhattan… ma questo a Brooklyn sarà… sicuramente… perché se è nel giro di quello li che…
BUGGEA: Brooklyn… Brooklyn… la stessa…
CASTELLO: zonetta intera…
BUGGEA: Brooklyn! Gli ho detto vedi che… se…parlo dico… tu devi essere…. Mi ha detto… puoi fare nome e cognome! Puoi fare nome e cognome …parola incomprensibile…GAMBINO dice è tutta… che con gli INZERILLO sono… e chi era quello Rosario GAMBINO che una volta hanno portato in carcere che era a New York che aveva una figlia sola questo… che lo hanno estradato… Rosario GAMBINO… che era…
(…)

Sempre riportando quanto gli aveva detto l’americano con riferimento esclusivo a questioni associative che certamente non potevano essere divulgate a soggetti estranei a cosa nostra, BUGGEA affermava che a New York l’egemonia del potere mafioso era tornato in mano alla famiglia GAMBINO mentre in Canada aveva invece preso il sopravvento la ‘ndrangheta:

(…)
BUGGEA: eh! E poi lui mi diceva, per dire… in Canada, per dire, ci sono i Calabresi… come mi diceva prima - dice - a New York erano forti dei napoletani… poi è morto uno… mi ha detto chi è che era… ma non mi ricordo il nome… per adesso ci siamo noi… dice… come Statuto e cosa! Però se si può fare qualche cosa…

CASTELLO: Già…
(…)

BUGGEA aggiungeva che l’emissario americano gli aveva paventato la possibilità di fare “altri discorsi” (e cioè evidentemente operazioni illecite) per i quali servivano delle “zone portuali” infiltrate o controllate da cosa nostra siciliana, precisando di essere interessato al porto di Catania in quanto a Palermo già queste non meglio precisate attività illecite erano in corso e che una eventuale cointeressenza della locale famiglia mafiosa avrebbe fruttato per questa una percentuale del 20% dell’affare illecito.

[calabrianwatch]

Two arrests today linked to italian clan

One is important - Francesco “Ciccio” Pelle aka Pakistan fugitive since the San Luca feud in Calabria and arrested in Lisbon, where he was in hiding and had COVID

https://www.barrons.com/news/top-italia ... 1617043509

Plus Marc Biart a trafficker for the Cacciola ndrangheta clan in Rosarno who used to work in the Netherlands has been arrested in Santo Domingo because he showed off too much of his tattoos in a YouTube cooking video!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... king-video

[BeatiPaoli]

To CalabrianWatch:
The articles I read stated that Marc Biart was a "member" of the Ndrangheta. Is Biart of Italian ethnicity?

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

[calabrianwatch]

To CalabrianWatch:
The articles I read stated that Marc Biart was a "member" of the Ndrangheta. Is Biart of Italian ethnicity?

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

He was a trafficker in The Netherlands for the Rosarno-based clans (Bellocco) - so not a member, just a trafficker...

[BeatiPaoli]

To CalabrianWatch: Thank you for the quick reply and info! Clears that up.

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

[calabrianwatch]

Acting Boss Calvaruso arrested in Palermo, he was trying to establish some business with Singapore

video of the operation (code name Operation brevis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOWlPKX5Moc

And news in the Giornale di Sicilia (there are many other news anyway) https://palermo.gds.it/articoli/cro...s ... 390fccfb5/

[aleksandrored]

Mafia boss Cosa Nostra who lived in Brazil is arrested by Italian police

Giuseppe Calvaruso was the head of the Pagliarelli clan and controlled from the opening of trade to criminal issues in the region, punishing those who disrespected his orders



The longing to spend the traditional Easter Sunday lunch with the family was fatal for a "capo" of the Italian mafia who lived hidden in Brazil and traveled to Italy on the occasion.

Giuseppe Calvaruso, 43, was identified and detained at Palermo airport in Sicily, police said Tuesday.

According to officials of the anti-mafia leadership, quoted by the press, Calvaruso was the head of the Pagliarelli clan (southeast of Palermo).

On Sunday, he took a Christmas flight, with a stopover in Paris, to Palermo. He was expected by the police at the airport, shows a video released after his arrest.

Calvaruso is accused of conspiracy to commit a crime along with four other accomplices, charged with executing his orders in Italy.

According to investigators, the clan punished the perpetrators of crimes committed without his authorization. Traders and businessmen in the region had to turn to this family of Cosa Nostra to obtain any authorization to open commercial activities, or to resolve disputes.

The "big boss" administered the public order of his territory, maintained relations with other mafia clans and invested in the construction and restoration of buildings. He also established ties with a Singaporean investor with interests in Sicily.

After the arrest, on December 4, 2018, of 46 people belonging to the Cosa Nostra - among them Settimo Mineo, until then "capo" of Pagliarelli -, Calvaruso took over the organization's reins in his territory.

[CabriniGreen]

Gasoline bootlegging in Italy... Cammorra, Ndrangheta show white collar prowess....

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproj ... mafia-fuel