'Ndrangheta families linked to the Piromalli gang had seized Milan's nightlife venues. A joint operation by the Guardia di Finanza, Local Police, and Carabinieri Forestali led to the arrest of 14 individuals affiliated with the 'Ndrangheta. The investigation, conducted by the Milan DDA, dismantled a criminal syndicate linked to the powerful Piromalli clan of Gioia Tauro (RC) and active in various business activities.
The group was particularly active in the commission of various illicit activities, all aggravated by mafia methods, including fictitious registration of commercial activities, extortion, fraud against temporary employment agencies and waste trafficking.
The operations, which began at dawn, involved over 80 officers, including financial police, local police officers, and Carabinieri Forestry Corps, who were engaged in executing 14 precautionary measures. Arrests were made in the provinces of Milan, Monza-Brianza, Varese, Pavia, Modena, and Mantua, and numerous searches were carried out at private homes and businesses belonging to the suspects.
The investigation allowed the dismantling of the 'Ndrangheta association, which had a point of reference in the powerful Piromalli clan of Gioia Tauro (RC).
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To carry out its plans, the criminal group made use of the collaboration of several accomplices, used as front men to evade the patrimonial prevention measures.
The front men were fictitiously designated as owners of commercial establishments in Lombardy and Piedmont. It also emerged that an individual known as a member of the Gioia Tauro (Reggio Calabria) clan had infiltrated the entertainment venue sector in Milan through a contact who was responsible for the acquisition and management of numerous establishments, assigning ownership to front men with no business experience.
During the operation, four joint-stock companies, each owning a food and beverage outlet, were seized. This was made possible by a precautionary seizure order issued by the Public Prosecutor in charge of the investigation.
The companies owned premises within the Isola Municipal Market, a facility owned by the City of Milan. Investigations revealed the dynamics of the criminal group, led by an individual nicknamed "Vangelo," who organized criminal activities in the Milan area, including waste disposal, using protected areas and abandoned industrial warehouses as illegal dumps.
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