Rocco Morabito an alleged boss in the Calabrian mafia also known as the Ndrangheta was arrested in Uruguay after being on the run for more than 20 years.
He was convicted of mafia association and drug trafficking before disappearing and becoming one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives. According to reports, Morabito was arrested at a hotel in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Authorities believe he had been living Uruguay since 2002 using a fake Brazilian identity and had settled into the resort of Punta del Este. A search of his home revealed over 100 passport sized photos of him in different disguises, a 9mm pistol, and multiple cell phones.
“Rocco Morabito”
Morabito was known as the “cocaine king of Milan” for his role in shipping kilos of cocaine from Brazil to Italy. According to his lawyer, the mobster has been living a normal life since the mid 1994s and has not been engaged in any criminal activities. Authorities in Uruguay have charged him with falsifying documents and will be held there until he can be extradited back to Italy. The Ndrangheta is believed to control a large portion of the worlds cocaine trade and have become one of the more dominate organized crime groups in Italy and elsewhere.
Seems law enforcement is starting to catch up with a lot of these Ndrangheta bosses that are on the run. As they continue to grow and gain power in various countries outside of Italy they are def becoming a bigger and bigger target for law enforcement. Think we will see a couple major busts in a couple places like Canada and Australia and perhaps Italy as well very soon.
This is nothing new. You can track major arrests like this decades back.
Sure but law enforcement in many countries seem to be getting a better idea of how the Ndrangheta work and how they operate day to day business which has def given them some added ammo against them. They have gone unchecked for some time at least to some extent but now that their presence has become more known and they have gained more attention from media and elsewhere it seems like they are becoming the new target Cosa Nostra once was in Italy and even more so elsewhere.
I still don’t think that the end of the Ndrangheta is anywhere near in sight. Even the decline of Cosa Nostra has been greatly exaggerated. I collect articles on all of the major Italian crime groups and arrange them in chronological order, as they happen. Not so much any more because I’m staying busy working and stacking up. You know how much Mafia news we miss out on simply because we can’t read Italian lol? We shall see.
Oh I think your entirely right these bust and the ones which are to come will def not be enough to put an end to the Ndrangheta considering how strong they have become. At best they can only hope to make strikes here and there to disrupt things and at most slow them down in certain areas but they def are no where close to putting that organization down.
I do agree that more countries are becoming aware of who they are and how they operate. But if you check history Australia figured that out a long time ago.
A few days ago, a reputed Colombo family associate was murdered and found in the water. Poor guy, I wonder why he was killed. It looks like a possible mob hit. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4855526/Body-wrapped-tarp-identifed-Brooklyn-mobster.html