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He used to run the most powerful mafia in Italy, the boss of 'Ndragheta' is put in handcuffs!

2023-04-27 21:13:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

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The suspected boss of one of Italy's biggest mafia organizations has been arrested by police at a cathedral in the northern city of Genoa.

Pasquale Bonavota has been wanted by police since 2018 after fleeing from an arrest warrant accused of murder and running a mafia association. Police say the 49-year-old runs the notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia.

The group is Italy's most powerful mafia family and is said to control most of Europe's cocaine supply.

Pasquale Bonavota - whom La Stampa newspaper described as "the boss kid" - had been in the city's cathedral when he was arrested and was carrying a fake ID, writes the BBC.

He is one of the defendants in a court hearing following an operation in which more than 300 people face charges related to organized crime.

Pasquale Bonavota is described as a leader who "made the most important decisions" together with other top 'Ndrangheta bosses and "looked after the organization's interests in the Rome area and in the gambling and drug trafficking sectors.

His arrest comes three months after the capture of high-profile Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro in January after 30 years on the run.

The 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate is based around family clans, or 'ndrines', which traditionally controlled the mountaintop villages of the southern Calabria region.

While Sicily's Cosa Nostra and the Camorra around Naples are better known internationally, both have been weakened by a ruthless police crackdown.

As a result, the 'Ndrangheta has risen in their place and is now Italy's most powerful mafia, with branches around the world, from South America to Australia, and an estimated annual turnover of around $60bn (£49bn ).

They specialize in cocaine trafficking and dominate the global market; they are now thought to control up to 80% of the European drug trade.


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