The 'Ndrangheta is a Mafia-type organized crime group based in Calabria, Italy. Despite not being as famous abroad as the Sicilian Mafia, and having been considered more rural than the Neapolitan Camorra and the Apulian Sacra Corona Unita, the 'Ndrangheta became the most powerful crime syndicate in Italy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. While commonly tied together with the Sicilian Mafia, the 'Ndrangheta operates independently from them, though there is contact between the two due to the geographical proximity and shared culture and language between Calabria and Sicily.
Antonio Pelle, also known as Ntoni Gambazza, was a historically significant and charismatic 'Ndrangheta boss from San Luca in Calabria. He was the patriarch of the San Luca locale and the 'Ndrangheta capo crimine, the titular head of the organisation, although with little effective power. He reached the rank of vangelo, at the time the highest rank in the organisation.
Giuseppe Morabito, nicknamed 'u tiradrittu, is an Italian criminal and a historical boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in the region of Calabria (Italy). He hails from Africo in the Locride. He was a fugitive from 1992 and included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy until his arrest in February 2004.
The Honoured Society is a Calabrian 'Ndrangheta criminal confederation, started in Melbourne and currently active in all Australia. In 1963, it was reportedly involved in the Victoria Market Murders. It was led by gangster Frank Benvenuto until his slaying in 2000. Tony Romeo, another high-ranking member, was shot in 2002.
Cosimo Commisso, also known as "the quail", is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta, a mafia-type organization in Calabria. He belongs to and was the boss of the Commisso 'ndrina based in Siderno with his cousin Antonio Commisso, previously on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy until his capture on June 28, 2005, in Woodbridge, Ontario, and his brother Rocco Commisso. He is described as the most notorious member of the group and its former leader.
The Bellocco 'ndrina is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Rosarno, on the Tyrrhenian coast, and belongs to the locale of that town.
Girolamo Molè, also known as Mommo, is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria. He is currently serving several life sentences.
Francesco Mazzaferro, also known as Ciccio, is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria. He belongs to the Mazzaferro 'ndrina from Marina di Gioiosa Ionica]]. The clan is opposed to the Aquino-Scali-Ursino clan from the same town. He was leading the Mazzaferro clan together with his brothers Giuseppe and Vincenzo. Together with his cousin Rocco Lo Presti, the historical mafia boss of Bardonecchia and Val di Susa, he represented a piece of the history of organized crime in Piedmont. Mazzaferro and Lo Presti were the two undisputed leaders of the 'ndrangheta in Val di Susa.
The Camera di Controllo, is a collegial body of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in Calabria. It is also known as La Provincia or Camera di Compensazione. It is composed of leading 'Ndrangheta members to decide on important questions concerning the organization and settling disputes.
Giuseppe Pelle is an Italian criminal from San Luca, and member of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in Calabria. He is the son of Antonio Pelle, also known as Ntoni Gambazza, the capo crimine, the ceremonial head of the 'Ndrangheta.
Antonio Nicaso is an Italian author, university professor, researcher, speaker and consultant to governments and law-enforcement agencies originally from Calabria, Italy, now based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an expert on the Calabrian mafia. Nicaso lives and works in North America. He teaches courses on "Social History of Organized Crime in Canada" and "Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals and Myth" at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario in Canada. He also teaches at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ontario and the Italian School of Middlebury College in Oakland, California in the United States and is the co-director of the Research in Forensic Semiotics Unit at Victoria College.
The Lo Presti family of Bardonecchia, known as I Maneja is a 'ndrina originally from Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, related with the Mazzaferro crime family, which operated in Bardonecchia, Piedmont for over 50 years. Rocco Lo Presti was the boss of the family. Initially created as an integral to the Mazzaferro family, it became a faction and later a family of its own. It was the family of the 'Ndrangheta hegemonic in the area of Val di Susa together with that of Mazzaferro. They had ties with the Calabrian families Belfiore, Crea, Aquino, Ierino, Macri, Morabito, Cataldo, Strangio, Barbaro, Raso-Albanese and Facchineri. He had business relations with the Inzerillo family, Spatola-Gambino of Palermo, through which he made alliances overseas with the Gambino crime family of New York City, and with the families of the 'Ndrangheta in Canada, of Rocco Zito, Michele Racco, Cosimo Stalteri in Toronto and Vic Cotroni in Montreal. According to an associate justice, the family became allied to the Aquino family, rivals of Mazzaferro. The family is currently governed by the nephews of Rocco Lo Presti, the brothers Luciano and Giuseppe Ursino.
Giorgio De Stefano was an Italian mobster and high-ranking boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type criminal organisation in Calabria. Together with his brothers Paolo, Giovanni and Orazio he headed the De Stefano 'ndrina.
Rocco Zito was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the 'Ndrangheta in Canada, a Mafia-type organisation originating in Calabria, Italy. He was also a founding member of the Camera di Controllo in Canada in 1962.
Morabito is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
