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'''Francesco Barbaro''' (born May 13, 1927 in Platì), also known as '''U'Castanu''', |
'''Francesco Barbaro''' (born May 13, 1927 in Platì), also known as '''U'Castanu''', was a boss of the [['Ndrangheta]], a [[Sicilian Mafia|Mafia]]-type criminal organisation based in [[Calabria]], [[Italy]]. Born in [[Platì]], he is the head of the [[Barbaro 'ndrina]]. He was known as the king of kidnapping in the 1980s.<ref name=rep060189/> He became a member of ''[[La Provincia]]'', a provincial commission of the 'Ndrangheta formed at the end of the [[Second 'Ndrangheta war]] in September 1991, to avoid further internal conflicts.<ref name=olimpia>{{it icon}} [http://www.stopndrangheta.it/file/stopndrangheta_439.pdf Sentenza procedimento penale Olimpia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722053651/http://www.stopndrangheta.it/file/stopndrangheta_439.pdf |date=July 22, 2011 }}, Tribunale di Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:04, 2 November 2018
Francesco Barbaro | |
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| Born | May 13, 1927 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Allegiance | 'Ndrangheta |
Francesco Barbaro (born May 13, 1927 in Platì), also known as U'Castanu, was a boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type criminal organisation based in Calabria, Italy. Born in Platì, he is the head of the Barbaro 'ndrina. He was known as the king of kidnapping in the 1980s.[1] He became a member of La Provincia, a provincial commission of the 'Ndrangheta formed at the end of the Second 'Ndrangheta war in September 1991, to avoid further internal conflicts.[2]
'Ndrangheta heritage
In the 1950s the clan was involved in a bloody feud with the Mammoliti 'ndrina from Castellace in the municipality of Oppido Mamertina. In the end the Mammoliti clan prevailed and the Barbaros moved back to Platì.[3]
Many of the 'Ndrangheta clans in Platì, such as Trimboli, Sergi, Romeo, Zappia, Papalia and Marando are associated through blood relations, which center around the Barbaro.[4][5]
Platì has been called the "cradle of kidnapping" and it is suspected that kidnap victims were held within a complex network of underground tunnels.[6] The money extorted with kidnappings was invested in drug trafficking and construction in northern Italy, in particularly around Buccinasco, near Milan.[7] The clan participated in a cartel of 'Ndrangheta families involved in cocaine trafficking with the Mafia family of Mariano Agate.[8]
Arrest
He was arrested on January 5, 1989.[1] Over the years, Francesco’s son Giuseppe Barbaro took over the leadership of the clan from his aging father.[9] Giuseppe was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy until his arrest on December 10, 2001.[10] Another son of Francesco, Rocco Barbaro, was arrested on February 8, 2003.[11]
One of his daughters married Giuseppe Pelle, one of the four sons of Antonio Pelle, the 'Ndrangheta boss from San Luca, securing a tight alliance between these two powerful 'ndrine.[12]
References
- ^ a b Template:It icon Catturato un boss dell'Anonima, La Repubblica, January 6, 1989
- ^ Template:It icon Sentenza procedimento penale Olimpia Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tribunale di Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999
- ^ Template:It icon Esposizione introduttiva del Pubblico ministero nel processo nei confronti di Giulio Andreotti, Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia Palermo, 1994
- ^ Template:It icon Relazione annuale sulla 'ndrangheta, Commissione parlamentare di inchiesta sul fenomeno della criminalità organizzata mafiosa o similare, February 2008
- ^ Template:It icon Gratteri & Nicaso, Fratelli di Sangue, p. 123
- ^ Vast underground Mafia stronghold found in Calabria, The Independent, July 31, 2002
- ^ Template:It icon Ma fu Ierinò a parlare di regia unica, La Repubblica, September 20, 1992
- ^ Template:It icon Italia. Uno degli affari di Cosa Nostra e 'Ndrangheta insieme, ADUC droghe, May 30, 2003
- ^ Template:It icon Gratteri & Nicaso, Fratelli di Sangue, p. 124
- ^ Template:It icon Preso Barbaro il superlatitante, La Repubblica, December 11, 2001
- ^ Template:It icon In manette Rocco Barbaro, La Repubblica, February 8, 2003
- ^ Template:It icon Morto Antonio Pelle, "patriarca" di San Luca, Gazzetta del Sud, November 5, 2009
- Arlacchi, Pino (1988). Mafia Business. The Mafia Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-285197-7
- Template:It icon Gratteri, Nicola & Antonio Nicaso (2006). Fratelli di Sangue, Cosenza: Luigi Pellegrini Editore ISBN 88-8101-373-8