Barbaro 'ndrina

Barbaro 'ndrina
FoundedLate 19th century[1]
Founding locationPlatì, Calabria, Italy
Years activeLate 19th century-present
TerritoryPlatì, Reggio Calabria;
Buccinasco, near Milan;
Volpiano in Piedmont;
and New South Wales in Australia
EthnicityCalabrians
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering, arms trafficking, racketeering, corruption, extortion, kidnapping
AlliesPapalia crime family
Pelle 'ndrina
RivalsMammoliti 'ndrina

The Barbaro 'ndrina is a powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina belongs to the locale of the town of Platì. According to the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA - the Italian Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate), the Barbaro 'ndrina is one of the most powerful 'Ndrangheta clans.[1] The clan also operates in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy (notably in Buccinasco, near Milan),[2] Piemonte and overseas in Australia, in particular in the Griffith, New South Wales area.[3]

  1. ^ a b (in Italian) L’impero dei Barbaro: otto ’ndrine, un solo clan. «Mai faide in 150 anni», Corriere della Sera, 14 February 2019
  2. ^ (in Italian) Boss alla milanese, L’espresso, December 27, 2007
  3. ^ Italian mafia laundering cocaine money Down Under Archived May 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, news.com.au, April 11, 2008