Italian criminal
Roberto Pannunzi (Italian: [roˈbɛrto panˈnuntsi]; born 1948),[1] also known as Bebè (Baby),[2][3] is an Italian criminal from Rome linked to the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in Calabria. He is one of the top cocaine brokers for the Sicilian Mafia and the 'Ndrangheta with the Colombian cocaine cartels.[4] He has been described as "Europe's most wanted drugs trafficker",[5] and the "biggest cocaine trafficker in the world", the equivalent of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellín Cartel.[6][7] According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the drug trafficking activities of Pannunzi have been documented for over 30 years.[8]
- ^ "Roberto Pannunzi, 'world's biggest cocaine trafficker', set to be returned to Italy and prison". scmp.com. 6 July 2013.
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- ^ "Cocaine 'broker' Roberto Pannunzi back in jail in Italy after arrest in Colombia". theguardian.com. 7 July 2013.
- ^ Little-known mafia is cocaine 'king', Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2007
- ^ Italian 'top mafia boss' caught in Colombia, BBC News, 6 July 2013
- ^ Legendary cocaine trafficker Roberto Pannunzi deported to Italy, Herald Sun, 6 July 2013
- ^ Italy's most wanted drug trafficker arrested in Colombia, Reuters, 6 July 2013
- ^ International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2005, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, March 2005