 | Prosecutors in Italy said the 'ndrangheta's Farao-Marincola clan had its hand in just about every commercial enterprise in the Calabrian town of Ciro and nearby towns, and that its grip extended throughout Italy and into Germany to launder its profits. Prosecutors accused the bosses of driving out all the baking competition in Ciro so that residents and restaurants were forced to buy bread from the one mob-controlled bakery in town. Italian restaurants in Germany, meanwhile, were forced to import Italian wine, olive oil and other goods from a clan-controlled Italian restaurant association.
"They controlled all the economic activity in entire towns," Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri told a press conference. | |
