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Italian Quaestor: 'Ndrangheta and Albanian mafia, the new face of crime in Milan

2025-06-09 15:07:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Italian Quaestor: 'Ndrangheta and Albanian mafia, the new face of crime in
Italian Quaestor: 'Ndrangheta and Albanian mafia, the new face of crime in Milan

Bruno Megale has been at the helm of the Milan Police Headquarters for about a year. Born in Reggio Calabria in 1966, Megale is considered one of the greatest experts on counterterrorism. At the beginning of his career he worked for 10 years in Brescia and was director of the “Digo” in Milan, but also police commissioner in Caltanissetta, the youngest in Italy.

"In Milan, everything is for sale"

"The large-scale robberies or political terrorist attacks of the 70s and 80s no longer exist," says Megale, interviewed by the Italian weekly newspaper "Famiglia Cristiana." "In this context, new criminal realities are emerging in addition to the 'Ndrangheta, especially secret ones, such as the Albanian mafia," he says in the interview.

"Milan is also the city of 300 thousand university students who attend the 9 universities present, equal to 17.8% of the inhabitants. This means that there are no longer only 4 or 5 areas for evening entertainment as there were until recently."

This, according to Megale, means that in Milan "everything is sold: cocaine, synthetic drugs, pills of all kinds, ethnic drugs like shabu, a powerful synthetic methamphetamine, extremely dangerous and very problematic. Even some drugs that had gone out of fashion, like heroin, are making a comeback."

"Drugs were also circulating on both sides of the San Siro stadium"

"There are different routes. When I was police commissioner in Reggio Calabria I remember that we often had to deal with the port of Gioia Tauro, which in addition to normal commercial activities also functioned as a center for the arrival of cocaine at the disposal of the 'Ndrangheta. In 2023, 23 tons of cocaine were seized in Calabria. Of course, not all of it was destined for Italy, but this shows us the power of the organization. Drug trafficking is still the economic engine of crime here in Milan.

"Drugs were also circulating on both sides of the San Siro stadium, the subject of our investigations coordinated by the Prosecutor's Office, into the murder of Bellocco, a key figure in the 'Ndrangheta. Investigations that led to dozens of arrests. The ultras fan base is dominated by these groups who, through violence, have taken over all the business opportunities that the stadium itself offers," he said.

"Now the 'Ndrangheta is also moving through cryptocurrencies"

"Milan is not Gotham City: it is a complex metropolis, where crimes, thanks to the joint action of the police, are decreasing. There is no neighborhood where the police do not reach, the control of the territory is widespread. The mafia has taken advantage of the crisis of commercial businesses due to Covid to enter the productive structure through the large incomes of drug trafficking.

"They have taken over stores, bought companies in difficulty, penetrated many product sectors. Now the 'Ndrangheta also moves through cryptocurrencies. At the Police Headquarters we have a special section that investigates this type of trafficking," he says.


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