REGGIO CALABRIA He was captured in 2021 together with ‘ndrangheta super boss Rocco Morabito. Now Vincenzo Pasquino, born in 1990, born and raised in Turin, but considered a leading member of the Calabrese criminal organization, has decided to collaborate with justice. The minutes containing the statements made before the DDA magistrates of Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Lombardo and Diego Capece Minutolo were deposited during the trial “Eureka” underway in Locri in ordinary and in Reggio Calabria in abbreviated. The maxi operation saw the cooperation of the DDA of Reggio Calabria, Milan and Genoa, of investigators from Germany, Belgium and Portugal and dismantled a transnational organization dedicated to money laundering, drug and weapons trafficking throughout the world, hitting in particular the Nirta-Strangio gangs of San Luca and Morabito of Africo. The investigation, according to what emerged, touched the highest levels of the criminal organization, also allowing us to reconstruct the fugitive nature of the super boss Rocco Morabitoknown as “Tamunga” after escaping from prison in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2019.
The “rules” of drug trafficking are in the minutes
«A Calabrian family that delivers a load of cocaine to Gioia Tauro is required to inform the other families. Only if important families are not interested in purchasing a share of the cargo can it be offered to other people. Anyone who does not respect this rule risks being killed or being “stripped” in the sense of being excluded from any business or being deprived of protection», said Vincenzo Pasquino, who, speaking of his relationships with the ‘ndrangheta families, explained: «The relationships between my group and the Nirta di San Luca began in 2017 because we needed a “climb” from the ports of Brazil (… ) After the rift between us and the Platiotes, which I talked about in a previous report (…) they asked us to find serious people to work with. It is at this moment, as I have already explained, that relations with Nirta’s group began.” And again: «My job was to guarantee the passage of the money. 50% of cocaine (…) that arrived in Gioia Tauro was sold by the San Luca group (mainly to Northern Italy and Sicily) (…) he sold cocaine to us at 5000/5500 euros per kg, which became 7,500/7,000 euros with the price of the salida”.
«We had to turn drugs into tiles»
Going into the details of a drug shipment, the former fugitive then says: «On that occasion (…) he told me that some Colombians had some money from some of his Calabrian relatives who live in Australia and then asked me if we had the possibility of shipping cocaine to Australia. passing through Singapore. I spoke to we made a group with the Australian PGP chats in which I was (…) the Australians spoke in English. We were supposed to take the drugs from the Colombians who were in contact with the Australians and transform them into bricks of one meter by one meter. It was cocaine in blocks (they sent a photo of the drugs that had the mark “MTM” or maybe “TMT” in brown packages). The problem, however, arose from the fact that to transform the blocks into tiles, the goods would have to be shredded, with the risk that they would be transformed into plaster, while in Australia only the “scale” is required. At this point I proposed not to transform the drugs and to send them as they were to Goia Tauro in a load of bananas.” «People of (…) – he concludes – they went to Guayakquil to get the drugs from the Colombians. I had contact with them through SkyEcc to arrange the delivery but I don’t remember their nickname. I only worked with them on that occasion.” ([email protected])
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