In a pre-dawn raid on Jan. 22, 2016, Italian police arrested 14 suspected members of the powerful Commisso clan of the ’Ndrangheta, the Mafia of Calabria, for international drug trafficking.
The raids were codenamed “Operazione Apegreen Drug,” with the Italian authorities combining the English word Drug with the name of the laundromat that the clan boss, Giuseppe Commisso, used as his headquarters, where many of the wiretaps were recorded that led to 300 arrests in 2010 plus the additional 14 in this operation.
The 2010 probe, “Operazione Crimini” revealed the close ties between the ’Ndrangheta in Italy and the ’Ndrangheta in Canada, with many of the men named in arrested warrants having been born in Canada, residing in Canada or previously living in Canada.
The Polizia di Stato said investigators continued to analyze the wiretaps and to reconstruct the role in the drug trade of the Commisso clan of Siderno, leading to additional arrests. Including the re-arrest in prison of Giuseppe Commisso on new charges.
Also arrested were members of the Pesce clan of Rosarno and the Ursino clan of Gioiosa Ionica.
Charges include conspiracy to traffic in drugs, possession and sale of cocaine, hashish and marijuana, as well as counterfeit money.
Those charged are:
- COMMISSO Giuseppe, alias “U mastro”, born in Siderno
- PEZZANO Cosimo, born in Siderno
- SPATARO Claudio, born in Messina
- FAZARI Luigi, born in Taurianova
- CORREALE Michele, alias "U Zorro", born in Siderno
- GALLUZZO Giovanni, born in San Giovanni di Gerace
- ARENA Domenico, born in Rosario
- GENISE Vincenzo, born in Siderno
- DEMASI Rocco, born in Gioiosa Jonica
- DEMASI Giuseppe, born in Locri
- MACRI’ Marco, born in Locri
- BUTTIGLIERI Salvatore, born in Gioiosa Jonica
- FUTIA Antonio, alias “u Ngilla”, born in Siderno
- CASTAGNA Gian Luca, born in Locri
Castagna is an officer in the Polizia di Stato who worked at a port and is accused of providing confidential information on containers arriving and leaving the port to the Commisso clan.
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