Thanks to its cohesive structure, its military capabilities and its strong roots in the territory, the 'Ndrangheta "confirms itself today as the absolute dominator of the criminal scene even outside the traditional territories of influence with aims that affect almost all regions" .

This is what we read in the latest report of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate to Parliament, in which the Dia among the Regions in which the criminal consortium has its ramifications also mentions Sardinia , in addition to Lazio, Piedmont, Valle D'Aosta, Liguria, Lombardy , Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria and Abruzzo.

On the other hand , the "Platinum" operation which led to ten arrests on the island and certified that there was also Alghero among the hubs of the international network of drug trafficking and money laundering set up by the gang was only two years ago of San Luca , one of the most fearsome Calabrian 'ndrine.

The projections of the 'Ndrangheta, writes Dia, also go beyond the borders and involve many European countries (Spain, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the Slovak Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Malta ), the continent Australian and American ( Canada, USA, Colombia, Peru and Argentina ).

«The anti-mafia prevention activity carried out by the prefects, in the regions of origin and in those of projection - the report points out - has revealed the ability of the 'ndrine to infiltrate the administrative and electoral structures of the local authorities in order to acquire control of public resources and financial flows , state and community, also prodromal to increase one's social consensus".

The Calabrian clans continue to represent the privileged interlocutors for the South American cartels . In recent years, West Africa, in particular the Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau and Ghana, has also become an increasingly important logistical hub for the gangs for international drug trafficking.

(Unioneonline/L)

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