"Bruno Vespa: What is the 'Ndrangheta today? Gratteri: It is the only mafia present on every continent and the only one that can go to the Amazon rainforest and buy a kilo of cocaine with a purity of 98-99% for a thousand euros, while other mafias buy it for two thousand or two thousand five hundred euros. It is a question of credibility that the 'Ndrangheta brand has over other mafias. If two thousand kilos of cocaine are seized from the 'Ndrangheta at the port of Gioia Tauro and the 'Ndrangheta goes with the seizure report, the Colombian cartels give them another two thousand kilos without paying for them."
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Gratteri a Porta a Porta: 'Ndrangheta, unica mafia presente in tutti i continenti. La più pericolosa e ricca', 30 November 2023
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Nicola Gratteri
Nicola Gratteri (1958) is an Italian prosecutor. He grew up in southern Italy and after he witnessed the brutal methods of the 'Ndrangheta mafia group, he resolved to work against them. After studying for a law degree, he became a prosecutor working to bring mafia members to justice. Gratteri has survived a number of assassination attempts related to his work and is now protected by an armed guard. In 2014, prime minister Matteo Renzi unsuccessfully proposed him as Minister of Justice. Gratteri
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