“Other than Café de Paris”
It was not enough to have got your hands on 24 companies from Torpignattara to Tuscolano, to have started to make agreements with the Moccia family to divide up the premises to be “supplied”, the ‘ndrangheta club headed by Vincenzo Alvaro and Antonio Carzo, who ended up in prison to other 75 people between the Capital and Calabria, following the latest maxi-operation “Propaggine” of the Dda and Dia, aimed to consolidate its power and expand further, conquering supermarket chains and luxury bars around the Vatican. Knowing how in Rome, however, it was necessary to move with considered caution the existence of a Public Prosecutor’s Office composed of all “those who fought within our countries … Cosoleto … Sinopoli … our whole family …” Carzo to one of his interlocutors referring to the former prosecutors Giuseppe Pignatone, Michele Prestipino and Renato Cortese (once manager of the Flying Squad) and for this reason defined as “cursed”.
‘Ndrangheta in Rome, the godfather and hatred for the magistrates: «Pignatone, Prestipino, Cortese. Cursed”
‘Ndrangheta Rome, the ambitions
But in addition to business there was also the ambition to enter Freemasonry or at least this was the desire of Domenico Carzo, son of Antonio who in front of two doctors – considered valid conductors to enter a lodge – will deny that his father, his uncle and grandfather are or have been prominent criminals. But net of what may be the “drives” and the “initiative” of individuals, Carzo will always tend to reiterate several times despite how the disagreements, had or probable, theirs is a “family”. And the family does not betray itself, it is protected and given to “eat”. The favorite meal remained the premises to be acquired through nominees and “wooden heads” in order to launder dirty money from various fronts. And this is how the “Elite” supermarket chain falls among the “objectives”. Vincenzo Alvaro’s brother-in-law, Giovanni Palamara, talking to Giuseppe Penna was informed by the latter of the restructuring of one of the supermarkets of the chain and that thanks to this it would have been possible to enter to obtain a supply. Palamara is immediately interested: “Tell him about the Pino pasta … we have fresh pasta … with egg … we make it vacuum-packed even for supermarkets … I’ll take it to supermarkets” and Penna who, from a distance of a few hours, he sends a message: “Gianni we are trying to get you to take Elite, I heard that he brings first choice products to 56 points of sale in Rome, you and whoever comes to you for speaking”. Then there is the advance towards other bars, this time not in Quadraro or Torpignattara, but in the center, a stone’s throw from St. Peter’s Basilica. A greedy operation for those like Vincenzo Alvaro who had managed to escape from the operation on the Caffè de Paris. Also Penna, who dealt with business for important clubs in Rome, proposes to the detection room of the activities to seize a “fellow villager” of Vibo Valentia. Specifically, it is a tobacconist’s bar in via del Mascherino, two other bars and a restaurant in the Vatican area and a tavern in Trastevere. “To have 3 bars in the historic center … sorry, I’m not a fool, in the historic center of Rome, the most prestigious bars in the world … I want to say that you are holding California bars and Cafè de Paris in your hands .. – says Penna – to these who have this they make him a pee … we have saved all the relatives and all the friends … ».
‘Ndrangheta in Rome, the Laurentino 38 rebelled: the author of the raid at the bar was also taken
Strengthened by the years spent in prison, Carzo commissions his son Domenico and another affiliate to beat a man who had to return for 250,000 euros. “I think that after ‘it’s passed … of punches … then to the kennel … then you tell him … you have to tell him” next time you go worse with the to … my father said he wants throw acid in your face to burn yourself. ‘ Speaking with the unfortunate debtor he will say: «if I take you like a kid …». Even for the affiliates who make mistakes, there is no mercy: those who violate the “rules” of the clan must answer to the “Court of the ‘Ndrangheta” in a sort of trial with related sanctions. Meanwhile, today a real judge, the one who ordered the arrests, will question Alvaro and Carzo.
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