The ’ndrangheta is the criminal organisation that has the greatest presence in Milan, but in Milan there also groups of the camorra, groups of the Stidda, groups of Cosa Nostra. There’s nothing we haven’t got.
Nicola Gratteri, a magistrate from Reggio Calabria who knows the ’ndrangheta well, has said that 13 Milan politicians have received votes from the ’ndrangheta. We name all 13 of these politicians, in fact we name a lot more. The ’ndrangheta has managed to get its hands on the city thanks to strong relationships that it has known how to build up with the political scene and thanks to the fact that politics in Milan is weak. It hasn’t found a way to create barriers.
Gianni Barbacetto

Interview with Gianni Barbacetto and Davide Milosa, authors of "Le mani sulla città" {Hands on the city}

Weak Milan
My name is Gianni Barbacetto. I’m a journalist and I work at “Il Fatto Quotidiano”. Davide Milosa and I have written “Le mani sulla città” {Hands on the city} which talks about how the men of the ’ndrangheta are living among us and have conquered Milan.
The book tells the story of how the ’ndrangheta has grabbed hold of this city.

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The night-time ’ndrangheta
To let you understand how much money the Morabito units have been active in the fruit and vegetable markets, it’s enough to simply put a couple of figures together, because the core of everything is always in the trafficking of drugs. The people from Calabria, the traffickers of the ’ndrangheta in Milan are able to buy a kilo of cocaine in South America for 2 thousand euro and this kilo of cocaine is sold in Italy for 44 thousand euro.

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