Bonavota 'ndrina

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Bonavota 'ndrina
Founded1980s
Founding location Sant'Onofrio and Stefanaconi, Calabria, Italy
Years active1980s-present
Territory Sant'Onofrio and Stefanaconi in Calabria
Presence also in Piedmont and Lazio. Outside Italy it is present in Toronto, Canada and in Geneva, Switzerland
Ethnicity Calabrians
Allies Mancuso 'ndrina
Commisso 'ndrina

The Bonavota 'ndrina is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy.

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The 'ndrina is based in Sant'Onofrio and Stefanaconi in the Vibo area. [1] They also have presence in Turin, Carmagnola and Moncalieri [2] in Piedmont and Rome. [3] [4] The 'ndrina is present also in Toronto, Canada and is known to laundering much of their profits from drug trafficking in Geneva, Switzerland. [5] [6]

The Bonavota are allies of the Anello, Lo Bianco and Mancuso 'ndrina. Their activities include extortion, loan sharking, drug trafficking and money laundering.

History

The origins of the Bonavota 'ndrina can be traced back to the 1980s. [7] A murder that occurred on 25 December 1980 in Carmagnola would establish the domination of the gang from there until today, headed by Salvatore Arone, over the city. [8]

Structure

From the operation (end of 2017) and the Conquista process of the same name still underway, the organizational chart of the gang would appear: company leader Pasquale Bonavota, military leader Domenico Bonavota while Domenico Bonavota, Domenico Febbraro, Giuseppe Lopreiato and Onofrio Barbieri would be affiliated. [9] The Carmagnola location in the province of Turin, previously only a detached 'ndrina, is controlled by the 'ndrina [8] like an 'ndrina created in Rome by Pasquale Bonavota. [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Copia archiviata" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011. pag. 77
  2. ↑ Giuseppe Baglivo (29 July 2018). "'Ndrangheta: lo scontro fra i clan Cracolici e Bonavota nei verbali inediti del pentito Costantino". ilvibonese.it. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Disarticolata la cosca Bonavota: sei arresti". Nuova Cosenza. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Gratteri, Nicola (2007). Luigi Pellegrini Editore (ed.). Fratelli di sangue. p. 184. ISBN   88-8101-373-8.
  5. ↑ "La 'ndrangheta dei Bonavota in Piemonte. «A Carmagnola è come in Calabria», o forse peggio". Corriere della Calabria (in Italian). 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  6. ↑ Mammasantissima St02 P01 Le grandi catture · LaC Play (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-16– via www.lacplay.it.
  7. 1 2 "'Ndrangheta: "Carminius", le accuse inedite del pentito Mantella contro i Bonavota". ilvibonese.it. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. 1 2 Giuseppe Mazzeo (19 March 2019). "'Ndrangheta, l'ascesa di Salvatore Arone dalla faida di Sant'Onofrio al "regno" di Carmagnola". ilvibonese.it. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "'Ndrangheta: operazione "Conquista", Pasquale Bonavota lascia il carcere". ilvibonese.it. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  1. ↑ Although the province has been effectively replaced by the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, the old subdivision is maintained for historical reasons

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