“The clans of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, a version of the Sicilian Mafia on the southern mainland, and members of the Gambino Mafia family in New York, were in the advanced stages of plans to smuggle some 500 kg (1,000 pounds) of pure cocaine from Guyana in South America to the port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria,” according to the report. Italian investigators estimated the street value of the cocaine after cutting at about 750 million euros (US$1 billion), it noted. The report also said the sting operation involving undercover agents and wire taps offered more evidence the Calabria-based had overtaken its Sicilian cousin, the Cosa Nostra, and was trying to make inroads in the United States by forging ties with one of the traditional New York mob families, the Gambinos.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:32:36 +0000
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