Published 29 January 2016 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Police in the far south of Italy have arrested two top fugitives - 'Ndrangheta mafia bosses who were hiding in a camouflaged bunker. Giuseppe Ferraro, 47, had been on the run since 1998, and Giuseppe Crea, 37, since 2006. Vegetation concealed their mountain hideout in Reggio Calabria. Various weapons were seized in the small bunker, which also had cooking equipment and electricity. The convicted pair have been linked to gangland murders and other crimes. The police raid took place near the town of Maropati. The 'Ndrangheta controls much of the world's cocaine trade. Last year Italian police seized several billion euros' worth of 'Ndrangheta assets. The pair were "living like animals... cut off from society", according to prosecutor Federico Cafiero De Raho, quoted by the AFP news agency. But they were … [Read more...] about Two Italy ‘Ndrangheta mafia bosses found in bunker
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Pope Francis attacks ‘evil’ mafia in ‘Ndrangheta base
Published 21 June 2014 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Pope Francis has condemned the mafia's "adoration of evil" at a mass in Calabria, the southern Italian base of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate. The Pope said the gangsters were effectively "excommunicated" - or banished - in the eyes of the Church. Earlier, the Pope visited the jailed father of a three-year-old boy who had been killed in an apparent mob hit over an unpaid drug debt. The Pope has repeatedly spoken out against organised crime and corruption. His latest condemnation, delivered before a crowd of tens of thousands, described the 'Ndrangheta as the "adoration of evil and contempt of the common good". "Those who in their lives follow this path of evil, as mafiosi do, are not in communion with God," the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying. "They are excommunicated." Meeting with prisoners … [Read more...] about Pope Francis attacks ‘evil’ mafia in ‘Ndrangheta base