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- 1 2 (in Italian) L’operaio forestale diventato miliardario, Giornale di Calabria, October 2, 2004
- ↑ Paoli, Mafia Brotherhoods, p. 29-30
- ↑ Silence on the streets of Calabria's mafia capital as deadly feud crosses borders, The Guardian, August 17, 2007
- ↑ Paoli, Mafia Brotherhoods, p. 60
- 1 2 (in Italian) E il boss rifiutò la tregua, La Repubblica, August 19, 2007
- ↑ "'Ndrangheta 2005" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
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- ↑ (in Italian) Faida, la pax targata Di Stefano, Gazzetta del Sud, January 28, 2010
- ↑ Italy Seizes Mafia Suspect, The New York Times, August 8, 1993
- ↑ (in Italian) Morto a 96 anni boss Antonio Nirta Gazzetta del Sud, 2 September 2015