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Giuseppe Morabito (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe moˈraːbito]; born August 15, 1934), nicknamed 'u tiradrittu ("the straight shooter"), is an Italian criminal and a historical boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in the region of Calabria, in southern Italy.
The Barbaro 'ndrina is a powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina belongs to the locale of the town of Platì. According to the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA - the Italian Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate), the Barbaro 'ndrina is one of the most powerful 'Ndrangheta ...
Giuseppe De Stefano (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe de ˈsteːfano]; born 1 December 1969, in Reggio Calabria) is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia. He was a fugitive from 2003 until his capture on 10 December 2008, in his hometown Reggio Calabria. [ 1 ]
Giuseppe Barbaro (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno ˈbarbaro]; born 24 May 1956 in Platì), also known as 'u Sparitu ("the Disappeared"), [1] is a boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type criminal organisation based in Calabria, Italy. He is a son of Francesco Barbaro, one of leaders of the Barbaro 'ndrina based in Platì.
A second 'Ndrangheta war was triggered by the marriage between Giuseppina Condello – the sister of the Condello brothers, underbosses of De Stefano – and Antonio Imerti, the leader of a neighbouring 'ndrina in Villa San Giovanni. The conflict exploded in 1985, two years after the marriage and saw practically all the 'ndrine in the city of ...
The De Stefano clan was a protagonist in the Second 'Ndrangheta war, which grouped all the 'ndrine in the city of Reggio Calabria into either one of two opposing factions: the Condello, Imerti, Serraino and Rosmini clans on one side, and the De Stefano 'ndrina, Tegano, Libri and Latella clans on the other.
Now, the 'Ndrangheta - which means "men of valor" - earns an estimated annual revenue of more than $50 billion, more than half of which comes from cocaine.
The structure of the 'Ndrangheta.Local 'ndrina are the building blocks, at the base of the hierarchy. The 'ndrina (Italian:, plural: 'ndrine; Calabrian: [ɳˈɖɽiːna], plural: 'ndrini) is the basic unit of the 'Ndrangheta of Calabria, made up of blood relatives, and is the equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia’s "family" or cosca.