Cabrini , what's your thoughts on southern Italian OC wholesale narcotics trafficking in the USA.
I'm curious if these wealthy sophisticated operators will or have gone for the 800lb gorilla and to what extent .
Successful drug rings after Pizza Connection ?
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Re: Successful drug rings after Pizza Connection ?
One of the DiPalermo brothers was in the Genovese. I mean i forget when he died but was doing it up until he died. Yes its a major rule for them but it is not like some soliders do it on the side.
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Re: Successful drug rings after Pizza Connection ?
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy ... 9F20140211
#World News
February 11, 2014 / 4:18 PM / 4 years ago
Italy, U.S. police crack big mafia drug ring
Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Police in Italy and New York broke up a major trans-Atlantic mafia ring on Tuesday, arresting 24 people accused of plotting to move hundreds of millions of dollars in drugs between South America, Italy and the United States.
The sting operation involving undercover agents and wire taps offered more evidence the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta had overtaken its Sicilian cousin, the Cosa Nostra, and was trying to make inroads in the United States by forging ties with one of the traditional New York mob families, the Gambinos.
FBI and Italian agents jointly carried out “Operation New Bridge” simultaneously just after midnight in Brooklyn and just before dawn in Italy, American and Italian officials told a news conference in Rome.
Those arrested were accused of international drugs trafficking, money laundering and membership in organized crime.
The clans of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, a version of the Sicilian Mafia on the southern mainland, and members of the Gambino Mafia family in New York, were in the advanced stages of plans to smuggle some 500 kg (1,000 pounds) of pure cocaine from Guyana in South America to the port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria.
Italian investigators estimated the street value of the cocaine after cutting at about 750 million euros ($1 billion).
The drugs, supplied by Latin American drug cartels, were to have been sent to Italy hidden in shipments of canned fruit. Some of it would then have been smuggled to the United States.
“The ‘Ndrangheta determined to move deadly narcotics across international boundaries, attempting to build a bridge of criminality and corruption to stretch from South America to Italy and back to New York,” said assistant U.S. attorney Marshall Miller.
A hooded suspect is escorted by FBI agents from their Manhattan offices in New York February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
He told reporters at a news conference at the headquarters of Italy’s anti-Mafia investigators with other U.S. and Italian investigators that the operation struck at “the heart of international organized crime”.
UNDERCOVER AGENTS
The operation began in 2012 when investigators detected a plan by members of the Ursino clan of the ‘Ndrangheta to smuggle large amounts of drugs.
Slideshow (11 Images)
An undercover agent was dispatched to Italy and was successful in infiltrating the clan. An undercover agent was also involved in the handover of 1.3 kg of heroin in New York as part of the infiltration operation.
They said the plan involved ‘Ndrangheta members in both Italy and New York who had forged an alliance with the Gambino family of the U.S. Mafia.
The FBI and Italian investigators intercepted email messages between mobsters in Italy and the New Socco Enterprise fruit canning company in Georgetown, Guyana.
During the investigation police wire taps indicated the group was also considering arms trafficking on a considerable scale but that plan never moved beyond the initial stages.
Investigators say that in recent years ‘Ndrangheta clans have made inroads in criminal activity in northern Italy and elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Germany and now want to expand in the United States.
“What we see here is ‘Ndrangheta attempting to gain a foothold in the New York area and the United States,” Miller said. “We also see efforts to forge cooperation between the ‘Ndrangheta and the Cosa Nostra,” he said. ($1 = 0.7327 euros)
#World News
February 11, 2014 / 4:18 PM / 4 years ago
Italy, U.S. police crack big mafia drug ring
Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Police in Italy and New York broke up a major trans-Atlantic mafia ring on Tuesday, arresting 24 people accused of plotting to move hundreds of millions of dollars in drugs between South America, Italy and the United States.
The sting operation involving undercover agents and wire taps offered more evidence the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta had overtaken its Sicilian cousin, the Cosa Nostra, and was trying to make inroads in the United States by forging ties with one of the traditional New York mob families, the Gambinos.
FBI and Italian agents jointly carried out “Operation New Bridge” simultaneously just after midnight in Brooklyn and just before dawn in Italy, American and Italian officials told a news conference in Rome.
Those arrested were accused of international drugs trafficking, money laundering and membership in organized crime.
The clans of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, a version of the Sicilian Mafia on the southern mainland, and members of the Gambino Mafia family in New York, were in the advanced stages of plans to smuggle some 500 kg (1,000 pounds) of pure cocaine from Guyana in South America to the port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria.
Italian investigators estimated the street value of the cocaine after cutting at about 750 million euros ($1 billion).
The drugs, supplied by Latin American drug cartels, were to have been sent to Italy hidden in shipments of canned fruit. Some of it would then have been smuggled to the United States.
“The ‘Ndrangheta determined to move deadly narcotics across international boundaries, attempting to build a bridge of criminality and corruption to stretch from South America to Italy and back to New York,” said assistant U.S. attorney Marshall Miller.
A hooded suspect is escorted by FBI agents from their Manhattan offices in New York February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
He told reporters at a news conference at the headquarters of Italy’s anti-Mafia investigators with other U.S. and Italian investigators that the operation struck at “the heart of international organized crime”.
UNDERCOVER AGENTS
The operation began in 2012 when investigators detected a plan by members of the Ursino clan of the ‘Ndrangheta to smuggle large amounts of drugs.
Slideshow (11 Images)
An undercover agent was dispatched to Italy and was successful in infiltrating the clan. An undercover agent was also involved in the handover of 1.3 kg of heroin in New York as part of the infiltration operation.
They said the plan involved ‘Ndrangheta members in both Italy and New York who had forged an alliance with the Gambino family of the U.S. Mafia.
The FBI and Italian investigators intercepted email messages between mobsters in Italy and the New Socco Enterprise fruit canning company in Georgetown, Guyana.
During the investigation police wire taps indicated the group was also considering arms trafficking on a considerable scale but that plan never moved beyond the initial stages.
Investigators say that in recent years ‘Ndrangheta clans have made inroads in criminal activity in northern Italy and elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Germany and now want to expand in the United States.
“What we see here is ‘Ndrangheta attempting to gain a foothold in the New York area and the United States,” Miller said. “We also see efforts to forge cooperation between the ‘Ndrangheta and the Cosa Nostra,” he said. ($1 = 0.7327 euros)
Re: Successful drug rings after Pizza Connection ?
What about the percoras in Jersey ?
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