# Ndrangheta, blitz against the thigh Books: 14 arrests. The boss to his partner: "I have one in Parliament"

"I have one in Rome I … who went to Rome … he's no longer in the area, he's gone … to Parliament … he s & # 39; Is made available ". "That's it?" "It was not … but they added … we grew up with that here playing football … nobody knows ". "Alfano's deputy is? … no?" "Order me, I have not seen you, … (inc.) … to a deputy … to an honorable … an honorable … and he will have a great job". "Umh … and him? … how are you?" "Good. It was on November 8, 2013 when Filippo Chirico Regent of Cosca Libri of Reggio Calabria speaks with his partner Anita Repaci. The interception ended in the papers of the investigation " Theorema-Roccaforte " who photographed what the leader of the mobile team Francesco Ratta called "a cosca that n & rsquo; Do not forget the past but look to the future "

With this operation, the Anti-Mafia District Directorate unveiled while the mafia family reorganized after the death of the two chiefs: the mammasantissima Mico Libri and, more recently, his brother Pasquale considered by investigators as the guardian of the rules of the ndrangheta. If he had not died last year, Pasquale Libri would have been among the 14 recipients of the detention order issued by trial judge Domenico Santoro. Carabinieri and the police arrested patrons, lieutenants and affiliates of one of the most well-known clans, protagonist between 1985 and 1991 of the Second Mafia War . The alleged offenses are mafia badociation, extortion, imprisonment and illegal weapons, fictitious property and private violence.

For years a trusted man of the boss Pasquale Libri (whom he had married his daughter), Filippo Chirico took the reins of the family are in their hands. With him was also arrested the mate, Anita Repaci, accused of mafia badociation and fictitious headline. It was she (according to the investigation coordinated by lawyer Giovanni Bombardieri, by added Giuseppe Lombardo and by substitutes Walter Ignazitto and Stefano Musolino) to encourage the partner to squeeze the rows of the cosca when, in 201 some clutches are registered in the region of Gallina. Al Chirico, who commented on the contrasts with other affiliates ("The sooner there will be a war," he said), Repaci's response shows at least full awareness of the context in which he lives: " But you do not order both? Head of the company and operational director of the family 'ndrangheta, Chirico was surrounded by topics such as Gaetano Tomaselli and Antonio Riccardo Artuso, who helped him in the collection of lace and in the custody of the arms.

The prosecutor asked and obtained judgment also by Antonino Votano, Stefano Sartiano and Domenico Ventura. The latter, already a prisoner and prisoner in Terni, after the conviction for murder, had told the cosca that he was ready to be imprisoned in silence but provided that his relatives receive the "due" support of the mafia family. . The only one who escaped arrest was Angelo Chirico . Baptized & # 39; ndranghetista & # 39; at 16, in fact, the son of the regent books for some time has moved to France and is currently untraceable. In addition, the gypsum Santoro ordered the residency obligation against the accountant Saverio Nocera who, as a consultant in business and business clan companies, provided Filippo Chirico and Anita Repaci with the necessary tools for the # 39; header. fictitious property. The DDA investigation has documented numerous episodes of extortion at the expense of entrepreneurs and business owners who had to not only pay for "lace" but also turn to the clan for supplies . he paid or did not entrust the work to companies near the 'ndrangheta was returned to the order as was the case for two brothers who run a Snai point in the center of Reggio. Indeed, having to redo the electrical system, the latter had committed "unforgivable levity" not to address the suspect Domenico Sartiano. An error that they paid with "500 €" to Filippo Chirico "to compensate the loss of income". Finally, the investigation "Theorema" showed how the Cosca Books on the shores of the Straits also decides who should illegally occupy the dwellings belonging to the INPS . Prosecutors have in fact reconstructed an episode of aggravated private violence, perpetrated by Gaetano Tomaselli, against a condominium administrator, forced not to denounce and not evict a property improperly occupied by a woman close to the boss Filippo Chirico. [19659002] For the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri, "the investigation confirms that the Cosca Libri represents one of the central pivots of the mafia balance in Reggio and Calabria". "Mobile team and carabinieri Ros – added Commissioner Raffaele Grbadi – have confirmed with their work the effectiveness and the need for synergy between the state forces, facing a unitary criminal phenomenon, such as the" ndrangheta. "It was echoed by the deputy commander of Ros Giancarlo Scafuri who recalled how the chief's wife, Anita Repaci, was intercepted by accusing her of being too cowardly, especially with the young people emerging on the territory A presence in the 'ndrangheta, the female – again emphasized the officer of the riflemen – marks a new fairly widespread choice among the gangs to give women important roles in the organization of connection activities with other families and among members of the same clan. "