Fighting the Italian Mafia: Arresting the ‘Godfather’ | Drugs, Extortion and the Mafia Documentary

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

Of course the locals from San Luca will never say a bad word about Ndrangetta because they know if they do talk bad they will get a bullet. Silence is Golden in San Luca.

[@blackadder564]

Isn't San Luca like a mafia town?

[@rocco1641]

@@blackadder564 water is indeed wet my friend

[@jjjrjjjr1]

@@blackadder564 Read up on The San Luca feud.

[@gufostanco220]

@@blackadder564 San Luca is the town in which 'Ndrangheta has born

[@AllenDur]

​@@gufostanco220it was born in palmi 1800s

[@joegigliotti6548]

Calabria is one of the most beautiful parts of Italy period!!! There are mafias or other organized crime groups in almost every country in the world. Not just Italy!!! Corrupt government’s are even worse.

[@glennlukemba]

E vero! A mi piace molto tuo paese. Io vivo in Belgio.

[@realitycheck3672]

Thank you for your kind words We Mafia are very pleased.

[@Calvinmob681]

In Mexico it's everywhere and in plain sight and the people from Mexico don't call them Cartels, they call them "La Mafia"

[@anthonyvenegas8299]

All governments are corrupt

[@onlythewise1]

and war even worse than anything

[@littlesidney]

There is actually FOUR main mafias, and a collective of smaller mafias.

[@patmark3059]

Love God, hate sin.

[@howardmckenna]

I've had a run in with a single mafia guy in Reggio over a traffic incident. My Italian girlfriend after the incident was shouting at me saying I'll get everyone killed. It was quite amusing being from London.

[@littlebigjohn69]

you living in london you have a bigger problem , if you had the mafia in your neighbourhood it would be very safe but you have small groups of gangsters in london and also penny crooks and their worse, i lived in an area where the mafia was there and the area was very safe.

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

@@littlebigjohn69 Tell that to the hard-working small business owners who have to pay them protection money.

[@nkwojoseph2456]

Why give them 16 years? They should stay in prison forever.

[@lore581]

The difference between organized crime in Italy and gangs in US is that Ndrangheta use violence only if strictly necessary. Its reputation and the use of threat are enough... Enterpreneurs, politicians and normal people fear Ndranghetisti. In US drug related crime and violence are higher than in Italy because there are fragmenting criminal gangs. In Italy organized crime do not want exposure to extensive media coverage: Ndrangheta clans are characterised by deep blood relations and this characteristic made the organisation virtually impenetrable (collaboration with Police is strongly limited). Then do not forget the strong collusion with local politicians and the fact it is no longer just a violent gang running local rackets and smuggling drugs, but it has mastered complex financial operations worldwide.

[@2006canna]

Correct. Always below the radar screen.

[@milanbasic9257]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@maurizio5242]

Good job You really did a good and full explanation about crime in Calabria, probably you are italian?

[@Rukas1doa]

You must not be from New York or New England or philly.. But i do understand what you mean..

[@cecigowin2347]

And the CIA supplies arms and $$$ to the mafia to foment chaos in Italian politics.

[@beggersu]

Absolute scum of the earth these people if you can call them people. Preying on hard working decent people for their lawfully earned money. No matter if they think they can get away with it in this life in the hereafter they will surely made to pay for their evil crimes by All Mighty God.

[@toomanydonuts]

Yes! God lives through the eyes of every living creature. Jesus said pick up a rock and you will find me there. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesians 6: 12

[@musashidanmcgrath]

The anti-Mafia law should carry a sentence of life without the chance of ever getting out. When you see just how much ruination and destruction the Cammora have wreaked on Campania/Naples. They've absolutely destroyed one of the most beautiful and historic regions of the world with toxic waste.

[@nicolo-4938]

41 Bis does the job quite well, the problem is catching them. Mafia are blue collar criminal, expert worldwide money launderers which mastered complex financial operations and entrepreneurs in Italy likes their conditions because are better than the regular ones so it's very very hard to find someone to speak out.

[@ZeuzBluez]

Amazing how religion and criminality cohabit everywhere.

[@tradergirljam]

I was thinking the same thing 🤔.

[@GVH1305]

​@@diii5358GREED

[@reneemallicone4770]

Gratteri has Guts like nobody else. I'm surprised he's stayed alive this long. God Bless him. You have to have nerves of steel do do what he does because these people don't play. Trust and believe that. La Cosa Nostra is everywhere but particularly in Italy. It's a Beautiful country with Ugly Ugly things going on.

[@alinenarukundo9783]

@Marcellus Bull Miranda what's wrong with Canada?

[@diablo666541]

@Marcellus Bull Miranda they can get you easier in Canada there a mafia family in Quebec.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@@alinenarukundo9783 a lot is wrong with canada. We have the least amount of housing per capita worldwide and the largsst immigration rate. This is forced austerity and the government is trying to create a civil war in 10ish years. Housing has rose from $550/month for a bachelor apartment to $950 in 8 years. War by design.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@@alinenarukundo9783 i''m from a province that had 125,000 people 6 years ago. Now we have 167,000 people. This is extermination and eradication. Rip canada.

[@michelealbanese3261]

Cosa Nostra is in Sicily, 'Ndrangheta in Calabria

[@annwilliams6438]

The only shame is on these ‘families’ who make sure that everyone around them remains in poverty…! If only these inhuman idiots realised that THEY and others in their areas could be doing well by helping folks to do business instead of stripping them of funds. It is shear LAZINESS and STUPIDITY of the most evil. Their women can pray for them all they like - they are going to Hell!

[@jacquelinemilano828]

The women are praying for them but the sons or husbands and brothers or father they lost

[@cigarosports9910]

The codes that they have is absolute brilliant ! It's like capturing an enigma machine in Nazi U boat. And The one who made the codes is mafia Einstein.

[@chrisventura1881]

Amazing doc this needs multiple parts. 🙌🏼🇮🇹🇺🇸🙌🏼

[@richrichie378]

Many mafia's around the world but everyone knows the Italians are the real mafia

[@bennym5244]

" death to the French will be our rallying cry".

[@ابنكركوكعرفه]

One day they will not last in 🇮🇶 Iraq the smallest kid will take out the biggest mafia in Iraq...listen to this old say (the monkey in his mother eyes is a 🦌 deer)هههه

[@JOEFABULOUS.]

The calabrian mafia have become the most powerful

[@kgetorv988]

@@JOEFABULOUS. not the cartels in mexico no?

[@JOEFABULOUS.]

@@kgetorv988 too busy butchering each other in Mexico

[@Liferoad371]

I think the government should give the cement guy his 2 million dollars back that the criminals extorted from him, very brave man.

[@federicopobiati8773]

in Italy there is no such thing as “government being fair to their citizens”

[@thereishope5676]

Yes, I thought so too, who gets the seized wealth anyway ? Another Mafia ? :-))

[@EverlastMsg]

It wasnt 2 million dollars, it was 2 milion lire which is roughly 7k$

[@TEO24righi]

@@EverlastMsg 2 milion euro*

[@SLAYER-nm5zw]

@@EverlastMsg 2 million Euro for all the years he paid in total

[@athmane1104]

Hats off to Judge Gratteri for fighting the scourge of the mafia despite huge risk to his life. A modern day hero.

[@fabioasterix750]

Agree.

[@pauliedibbs9028]

Maybe he should be going after the groups and politicians that help the mafia to this day.. Oh wait, he can't. Look into Carlo Palermo and maybe you will understand.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

@@pauliedibbs9028 my thoughts exactly,he’s probably part of one these groups. These so called mafias couldn’t exist without the protection of the state. IMO the state is the mafia & the mafia is the state.

[@silvioamodeo7932]

FRANCESCO CARBONE ASSOCIAZIONE GOVERNO DEL POPOLO A.P.S su KZbin, un UOMO con gli attributi che da 15 anni combatte la vera mafia massonica dentro le istituzioni, quella mafia massonica che utilizza la mafia che vedete in questo video e che il mega galattico propagandato gratteri non ci pensa neanche un istante a combattere, perché altrimenti rischia la carriera e la vita come i giudici FALCONE E BORSELLINO.

[@fabioasterix750]

@@silvioamodeo7932 Gratteri ministro!

[@mybedcavour8104]

As a Calabrian who spent several years in Washington DC and in North Caroline for work, I can assure you that in this land there is much less aptitude for violence and crime than in the United States

[@HughWoo]

Ok?

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@HughWoo He's saying Americans stereotype Italy when they should look at themselves with 10X the crime.

[@bashimeri6084]

Which part of Calabria you are

[@mybedcavour8104]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 GPI crime index 2021 in the world: italy 39; USA 128, after South Africa

[@stupidasso9739]

Because if you go around robbing old ladies and being an all around disrespectful asshole in that part of the world, you hope the police catch you and not the Mafia.

[@henrysantos121]

Excellent documentary well done, Be safe fellas,

[@DeBeard]

wow a great documentary, the director keep things real n plain. No bluffing as well as excessive speculations.

[@pezzonovante888]

Christmas gifts aren't made in the North Pole, they just fell off a truck in southern Italy.

[@markieffmorris9263]

This explains why they’re arresting Santa in the thumbnail.

[@gastropod557]

Aside from the criminal aspect of the video, I noticed that the civility of the police is unbelievable. They are polite and are not screaming and waving guns, and they allow their suspect to dress and pack a bag. In the U.S. it would be much different, and chaotic...which often causes terrible results.

[@reculture]

Yeah, it's almost like they are being recorded for world to see. Sarcasm aside, one might wonder what they're like off camera.

[@gastropod557]

@@reculture I didn't think of that. A kick or two to give bruises to the future children, and a bit of discomfort on the spot.

[@reculture]

@@gastropod557 now that seems more realistic

[@wmsi_t_k7086]

it's always like that

[@bartsimpson8616]

that is 'cos they are Carabinieri ,and they are profesionals with style , in short just compare commissario Montalbano and the Dog Bounty Hunter , its all about taste !

[@MyCracker1234]

So the police go to a house of someone they think is the account and he has a license to carry? Shouldn't they look at who issued the license? That to me would be a red flag.

[@stephbell9944]

Shame on them ordinary civilians can't even live in piece I'm glad they're taking the streets back these days cavilians should be able to go to police ofcourse their life's not law abiding folk

[@victorvaca7429]

you need to go back to school and learn how to spell

[@neilburns8869]

You look at the sort of lengths the Mafia are prepared to go to protect themselves and their secrets, this gives you a clue to how deeply they want run their organisation and continue doing so. Let's hope that the Italian law enforcement authorities be it the Carbineri or other are successful in bringing the gangs to justice and hopefully they will receive lengthy sentences.

[@kyriakos8129]

Show your name😂... No?.. coward

[@cv507]

13:01 öhr äppdücktätt ^?^ ´$äy säy säy liV€ -:- .

[@2serveand2protect]

Oooh, booy! (quote): " ...let's hope that the Carabinieri will deal with them..." ??? ...SERIOUSLY??... Oooh, they DO "deal" with them! lol! 🤣 ...just not in the way you probably intended! 😂

[@joymae]

It's wild because the story sounds like it would be a movie but sadly it's real life

[@auang]

8:10 he says 340 containers, the translation says 142 containers?! the translation is partly completely wrong, misleading and untrue. I'm Italian, I understand what people say

[@MrSimon1909]

you are also in the 'ndrangheta ?

[@masterjunky863]

@@MrSimon1909 In Italy being in the mafia isn't normal, it's like asking a German if he loves Adolf Hitler.

[@19popo87]

Andrangheta's translator

[@MrSimon1909]

@@masterjunky863 sounds like something someone who is in the mafia would say

[@lazarbabizhayev1978]

Such a beautiful country but such a violent history

[@Truck7983]

that judge guy is bold af,he's more gangster than the gangsters.

[@marcopagani4909]

lui e il capo dei capi seno la vrebero gia ammazzato da un bel po

[@gerardouraga1264]

in Mexico tha United cartels are finishing with all of people that could provide a job kidnapping every single business person

[@kirbywaite1586]

The book by Norman Douglas ( long out of print) entitled "Old Calabria" nevertheless remains a fascinating and penetrating insight into this entire culture, and written long before it was necessary to coddle peoples' feelings. Highly recommended.

[@sharontravis455]

my grandpa and grandma came from calabria, there last name was macri, Vito n Caterina. looking for family members alive there

[@dragonfury7512]

Gli Hells Angels e i Bloods hanno in programma di sradicare la Ndrangheta e la Camorra entro l'estate 2023 eliminando la loro gerarchia, alto rango e leader. Vogliono eliminare questi due gruppi della mafia italiana per far sì che la loro alleanza Hells Angels e Bloods abbia il controllo completo senza una forte opposizione in Europa. Ho accesso alle informazioni di Hells Angels e Bloods di alto livello. Lo negheranno finché non sarà fatto, ma non aspettare che sia troppo tardi per impedire ciò che sta arrivando, devi informare i tuoi leader. Devi salvare il lavoro dei tuoi antenati boicottando e uccidendo i membri locali di Hells Angels e Bloods, capi di capitolo e leader e leader di alto rango il prima possibile, più alto è il rango, meglio è, ma un membro è ancora un membro. È ora, domani potrebbe essere troppo tardi. Pensano che i loro bersagli non si accorgeranno e impediranno la loro caduta prima che sia troppo tardi, ma sfortunatamente le informazioni sono uscite. Fai la tua parte per evitare che ciò accada, dimostra il tuo valore! Per il duro lavoro e i sacrifici degli antenati e per il futuro dei bambini!

[@giuffreella8526]

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[@eekiane1921]

Thank you, I will check it out

[@catalinstoica6919]

DOUGLAS ESTE NESERIOS NU A REXOLVAT NIMIC NICI O PROBLEMA .

[@magnum19890]

Are you fighting the Italian mafia or you are you fighting the American La Costa Nostra ???

[@mikeboss1409]

ALWAYS DECLARE IN THE TITEL THAT THIS IS OLD MATERIAL OR REUPLOAD

[@J_a_s_o_n]

😄😄😄😄😄

[@matiuclark3813]

What's titel 😂

[@noon3d]

@@matiuclark3813 titel and title can both be used.

[@matiuclark3813]

@@noon3d yeah sorry my man but ive never heard of TITEL only that its a place 😞

[@noon3d]

@@matiuclark3813 it's in the dictionary. I still think he made a spelling mistake

[@stevenquon1657]

Your a solid guy, a salt of the earth guy, ur trustworthy, honest to a fault, which is sad as honest trustworthy people r one in a million these days, keep doing you Alan, I enjoy ur vids n I m not the only one, ur a brave soul I appreciate u n I m not the only one, keep up the vids, we need more MEN like u n thanks for your service.

[@DTM93]

HA! GAAAAAAAAAAY

[@dragonfury7512]

Gli Hells Angels e i Bloods hanno in programma di sradicare la Ndrangheta e la Camorra entro l'estate 2023 eliminando la loro gerarchia, alto rango e leader. Vogliono eliminare questi due gruppi della mafia italiana per far sì che la loro alleanza Hells Angels e Bloods abbia il controllo completo senza una forte opposizione in Europa. Ho accesso alle informazioni di Hells Angels e Bloods di alto livello. Lo negheranno finché non sarà fatto, ma non aspettare che sia troppo tardi per impedire ciò che sta arrivando, devi informare i tuoi leader. Devi salvare il lavoro dei tuoi antenati boicottando e uccidendo i membri locali di Hells Angels e Bloods, capi di capitolo e leader e leader di alto rango il prima possibile, più alto è il rango, meglio è, ma un membro è ancora un membro. È ora, domani potrebbe essere troppo tardi. Pensano che i loro bersagli non si accorgeranno e impediranno la loro caduta prima che sia troppo tardi, ma sfortunatamente le informazioni sono uscite. Fai la tua parte per evitare che ciò accada, dimostra il tuo valore! Per il duro lavoro e i sacrifici degli antenati e per il futuro dei bambini!

[@rosarioconte7607]

Politican italian very mafia

[@figliodinessuno9281]

I hate Mussolini for what he has done to Italy but I got to say one thing, Mussolini has been the only man able to beat or at list minimise all the mafias in Italy. the Americans during the second World War brought it back with a vengeance.

[@bashimeri6084]

dont blame americans blame italian government who dont care for calabria or other southern states .people have to make living somehow .mussolini was a dictator and idiot but the italian governments after mussolini didnt do nothing but using mafia to get rich

[@figliodinessuno9281]

@@bashimeri6084 people have to make a living somehow?, are you for real? My gran father wanted to make a living as well, do you want to know what uppen to him? Shame on you

[@jasonantigua6825]

@@figliodinessuno9281 He got into the heroin business?

[@figliodinessuno9281]

@@jasonantigua6825 no, he used to sale fruit and veg.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Wtf stop this shit now

[@t-bonewhufc6429]

“He’s lawyers found a loophole” that’s Mafia for “we paid off the judge and prosecutors”

[@nikolac290v7]

almost all Calabrians are ometose , omertà brings "only" poverty , nothing else . Whoever is the cause of his evil mourns himself .

[@Toyos-yk3ri]

Poor Mario what a brave father God bless him.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

I don’t trust any of them,Mario included. If these so called mafia is so dangerous how is he still talking? No,there’s something bigger in play. I think the state is the mafia

[@dragonfury7512]

Gli Hells Angels e i Bloods hanno in programma di sradicare la Ndrangheta e la Camorra entro l'estate 2023 eliminando la loro gerarchia, alto rango e leader. Vogliono eliminare questi due gruppi della mafia italiana per far sì che la loro alleanza Hells Angels e Bloods abbia il controllo completo senza una forte opposizione in Europa. Ho accesso alle informazioni di Hells Angels e Bloods di alto livello. Lo negheranno finché non sarà fatto, ma non aspettare che sia troppo tardi per impedire ciò che sta arrivando, devi informare i tuoi leader. Devi salvare il lavoro dei tuoi antenati boicottando e uccidendo i membri locali di Hells Angels e Bloods, capi di capitolo e leader e leader di alto rango il prima possibile, più alto è il rango, meglio è, ma un membro è ancora un membro. È ora, domani potrebbe essere troppo tardi. Pensano che i loro bersagli non si accorgeranno e impediranno la loro caduta prima che sia troppo tardi, ma sfortunatamente le informazioni sono uscite. Fai la tua parte per evitare che ciò accada, dimostra il tuo valore! Per il duro lavoro e i sacrifici degli antenati e per il futuro dei bambini!

[@valerianocuomo996]

Ahahah, in italy the STATE TO AT FIGHT THE MAFIA, VERY PROTECTION FROM POLICE or Carabinieri. They 30 year at a policeman is it killer from mafia ITALY IS 7 POWERFUL IN THE WORLD, NO PROBLEM SPRND SOLD S....UK IS FAILED WITH BREXIT

[@aureliotorrisi4980]

sono 12 anni tre mesi etc. che mi sento libero...grazie anche a Lei grande uomo

[@giuseppenero110]

If they limited their activities to smuggling whatever, it would not be so bad for the country. It's their extortion of businesses that keeps serious investors out of south and Italy in general, which in turn stifles economic growth and quality of life.

[@vc2084]

Oh... in India we have government that extorts from businesses and mafia.

[@Rukas1doa]

Which is a good thing trust me you wouldn't want big cooperations there because then they take everything and then there's nothing left no small businesses and then theres no culture left.

[@ross49452]

That concrete dude would be making way more cash if he just kept paying lol

[@LatinMessiah]

Santa is The Godfather?! 😮

[@ivannovotny4552]

Awesome and informative presentation. Many thanks for sharing/posting.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

Read ZeroZeroZero,it’s a great book. Just legalize drugs,it’s been proven we’re not gonna stop ppl from using them or selling them.

[@tomhermens7698]

Lock up as many as possible without vonviction. They'll soon sing.

[@snakeeyes2958]

I have been in Calabria. Calabria and the south region of italy is an amazing beautiful place with a great landscape. I never thought and never seen unfriendly people there. All people were so kindly and friendly.

[@kirbywaite1586]

play poker. The book is called " old" Calabria.

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

You were on holiday, that's why.

[@jacktatto1009]

❤

[@allaccordingtoplan5560]

One than one side to people

[@jasonfenech5347]

Not every Italian is a 'Mafioso'. Unfortunately, these discoveries shed bad light on stereotyping. Italian people are very warm and friendly, especially the South of Italy.

[@jackcorbos7676]

General : How much do you think we’ve got there ? Agent : I would say about 50 kilos. General : Aaaa, Bellissimo Bellissimo !

[@dundee1080]

General: Ah, great! 40 kilos is perfect.

[@jjbigfoot9077]

15 years is the max? What a joke.

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

15 years is the max simply for "Associazione mafiosa" or "connection with a mafia organization". On top of that you get specific years for the crimes you commit within that associative framework. For instance if you are a drug currier that simply moves stashes on your plumber's van (example) from the port to a stash house you get 6 for possession and intent to distribute, 8 to 12 for international trafficking because the drugs came from abroad + up to 15 because you do in association with a mafia organization. It's "up to 15 years" just for knowing and/or frequenting the wrong people even if you commit a minor crime like theft of a car... you risk 5 (aggravated burglary) + up to 15 if the Prosecutor can prove you did it on the order of "your friends" who incidentally are part of a mafia clan. We are the only country in the world that has such a harsh specific sentencing just for knowing somebody or going to his/her wedding party buddy...if you had this in the US you would not have the entrie world's mafia organziations infesting the whole country like they do. 🤗 Let alone that for this reason most of the mafiosi on the long run pile up so many felonies that they all end up with multiple life sentences (notice the cops with those piles of papers before the raid? Those are the number of felonies that have are about to be contested to the guys they'll capture later... basically a stack of warrants for each one 😅)

[@jjbigfoot9077]

@@ClaudeMagicbox The Mafia is a shell of it's former self here in the states thanks to one law known as "RICO" Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. It's nearly but not completely eliminated them as a source of crime. You have so many little clans to deal with as well as corruption in Rome (Andreotti is a prime example) you need a law like this more than ever. Italy south of Rome is basically off limits to anybody seeking to earn an honest living.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@ClaudeMagicbox Time for death sentences, no matter how long rhats return to what they best know.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@jjbigfoot9077 Yeah, put quit a dent, that's why Americas crime rate is 10X Italy's and addicts probably rates even higher.

[@andreacosta9576]

@@jjbigfoot9077 Obviously, the vast majority of people make a honest living...

[@fattony9227]

Well done documentary but the use of the word "mafia" is incorrect. Different criminal organisations originate or dominate certain regions of Italy. The mafia in Sicily, 'Ndrangheta in Calabria and the Camorra in Napoli.

[@cryguss3957]

And startup fourth mafia foggiana, the five is the politica each road Start to Rome, Im italian, bad lenguage English sorry

[@asdf-fl1ib]

Yep, maybe Organised Crime like the FBI calls it. sicilian mafia/cosa nostra. This Doc. Is about the ‘ndrangheta so that term could be used too.

[@paulodacosta944]

he mala del Brenta was a criminal mafia organization born in Veneto around the seventies and later extended to the rest of north-eastern Italy. It was hit hard in the 1990s, after the arrest and repentance of the main boss Felice Maniero.

[@comanchedase]

The reporters don't understand that these mob bosses are hard as rock, they don't flash Mercedes on barrios, but live for 30 years underground eating food chain pizzas...

[@darrenmorgan870]

That English woman hit the jackpot no germans after the sun loungers, she can play her music as loud as she wants, no neighbours moaning,

[@thereishope5676]

Yes, she really leads a great live all alone by herself ....

[@DrHumorous]

😂😂😂

[@Gelone2665]

8:12 there is a translation mistake, is "340" not 142

[@scottj5585]

What honest cop carries a mafia bosses bags please what a joke

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

There was a coke smuggling operation in the UK which successfully imported tons of coke into the UK from the South America cartels using a unique method.. what they did is hid the coke inside massive lead blocks. Lead being virtually impossible to scan, the hollowed insides were hard to detect by scanning or sniffer dogs. The weight matched perfectly and the lead was so thick it was hard to drill without specialised equipment. The operation managed to get about 3 or 4 imports through, before UK Customs inspectors decided to drill into some of the lead blocks and discovered many kg of coke inside The operation was so big and well organised it was later discovered that some Customs officials and even very senior police officers were being paid off by the smugglers, as initially the guy responsible got away with it and carried on to do more shipments. Due to corrupting the UK justice system and police, he fled to the Netherlands created a new identity and buried his money in his backyard but due to UK intelligence, serious crime police and Netherlands police and European Interpol all working closely, he was captured and the drugs money dug up by the police and seized.

[@bennym5244]

That was Curtis warren, cali and kassar nothing to do with the Italian mafia.

[@gregorchard7881]

The weight would not match perfectly. Lead is heavier than cocaine...

[@musashidanmcgrath]

Why was the lead hard to drill through? Lead is one of the softest metals.

[@rippvanwinklestein2126]

@@musashidanmcgrath i was gonna say the same thing. You can dig out a hole in a lead block with the tip of a flathead screwdriver

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

@@gregorchard7881 That's what made it ideal to use for this method, variations in the weight were harder to detect as the lead lumps were different sizes and kg of coke in lead is not a big red flag.

[@marieparrott7944]

The officers should at least be given bullet proof vests….they are risking their daily lives to carry out their tasks…..I do not know how their wives and children have to go through on a day of a big Job…..I respect you all…Please take care…❤

[@zerohours.]

Guaranteed that Army guy was given that shipment as a media win for himself.

[@Abi_81]

I got that feeling too. Pretty sure the coke just went back to the bosses after that to sell again.

[@whatastud1000]

You guys figured it out 😆

[@thecommentaryking]

Doubtful, the Guardia di Finanza is well known for its large drug busts

[@261093sk]

Usually when they find cocaine in a container there is the double of the quantity in another container that is going through in another harbor. are the clans who make them find the containers.

[@stathieb7275]

The cartel let's them find 50 keys so the container with a ton gets threw. That's how they do it in the u.s.

[@darrenmorgan870]

They need to get over the fence FAST,, this isn't real is it?

[@henrysantos121]

Matatan.🤔. Ribirin HS, Italian Mafia,

[@eekiane1921]

A ray of hope for the normal citizens and gratitude to those fighting this. One step at a time, hoping they remain safe and well.

[@Paul_2023.]

The 29 arrested men were free the next day 😂 wasters players playing games

[@markieffmorris9263]

Hopefully they freed Santa too

[@thecommentaryking]

They still are in jail

[@Sawdust-f4p]

That music is sending me under😷

[@justtoxic3716]

Villagers denying then either out of fear or they are involved with them.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Duhh, ya think

[@masterjunky863]

Many of them are feared good people

[@Foreverandever789]

" NOW IS THE TIME TO BELIEVE IN JESUS " Read John 3:36 in your Bible Check out The world is falling apart...JESUS is getting closer and closer

[@davidcelerino5467]

The colonel and his men put on a good show. 👏

[@nullvid]

Yup

[@BennyMcGibbon]

What a stroke of luck the camera crew were there.

[@marionwilson2521]

it is so sad they do not care about their families any more than that. so sad.

[@THEONEVOQUE]

FORZA GRATTERI NON TI ARRENDERE 💪🙏 ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE US 🙏🙏🙏

[@brut0094]

the main mafiosi in the white house

[@birdflipper]

I wouldn't doubt if members of the Ndrangheta clan put out a contract on the Pope's head after being excommunicated. If they were true Christians or Catholics they wouldn't do the things they do, but their religion is important to them because it's part of keeping up the appearances. They believe the Saints that they pray to will protect them from getting caught. It also helps them sleep better at night because their sins are forgiven during confession.

[@christianleku2355]

they think god send them in the world for defend him from real criminal like politicians, this is his culture or catholitc religion is just different from normal cristian, is the same religion watched by another eyes

[@sisi4508]

For the pope you should search Emanuela Orlandi

[@vk-zt4mf]

They only found 50kg, that’s how they make Billions per year with 50kilos at the time 😂😂😂😅

[@Sundays566]

Can someone please help what is 10,000,000 lire in todays money in US dollars?

[@AntonioMarino5763]

5500 euro 👍🏻

[@neilburns8869]

I don't fancy the scale of the Calanineri's task, a long and daunting one that will involve getting deep into the Mafia's organisation and their code of silence will just add to their difficulties. However I am certain that the high ranking officers of the Italian police will not give up and will stick doggedly to the task.

[@tanjacavalli885]

08:11 he says 340 containers, not 140

[@tailenten12]

La droga non e sulla nave ma sotto la nave

[@jackiepollard3843]

Well, duh. Who would admit, on camera??? What country doesn't have their own homegrown 'mafia'?

[@liamg1706]

Lots

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@liamg1706 Name any country without a mafia, syndicates, gangs or like America has all 3.

[@liamg1706]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 he said mafia not gang

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@liamg1706 They're synonymous, but for argument sake name those without a mafia. And do you know Italy's crime rate is below Germany, Korea and even some Scandinavian countries? But these videos and Godfather movies make great show and $ for these propagandist.

[@fight6137]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 mafia rules in whole europe 🇮🇹🇦🇱🗡

[@mikimiyazaki]

Thats fckd up. That guys a citizen, just a construction builder. SMFH. They were FCKNg him over 3 different factions extorting him? Tf.

[@francescahamilton6856]

Very impressive. I lived in Sicily for several years. I made a film there during my stay and the people who looked after me during filming, were 'wait for it.....' The Mafia. Long-time ago......

[@dogmile9397]

Truly superficial documentary. Calabria in not all like that: it's not a region in war like those french are showing. And finally most of Calabria people are honest persons. In a movie as in a picture you can just show what you decide to show. Very deceiving little doc.

[@dr.vinnyboombatz22]

25:10 Best part of the documentary. You're welcome.

[@myztroogeegibson3568]

🤣🤣🤣❤️ I see that too

[@dr.vinnyboombatz22]

@@myztroogeegibson3568 A young Monica Bellucci!

[@Danktonpiff]

The reason they don't know about it is because you don't admit to it's existence or you get wacked

[@rubymorris44]

Italy is so beautiful that even ugly things are beautiful.

[@BostonsF1nest]

Idk there’s some pretty shitty places in Naples lol

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@BostonsF1nest Compare to America like Kensington Ave. Philadelphia, just 1 of thousands American streets you can watch on YT. Make Naples literally look like Beverly Hills.

[@BostonsF1nest]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 I’m not talking about the Naples that ppl vacation to and eat pizza

[@michelealbanese3261]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 in America there are gangsters not mafia. Mafia is worse than american gangsters. For example in Calabria you can't sell drugs on your own, in America can. In America if you have a shop no gangaster ask you money every month, in Calabria yes

[@3-methylindole730]

SpaniardsR Moors I’ll take Kensington Ave, PHI all day over Neapolitan quarters like Miano, Secondigliano, Acerra, Scampia, etc.

[@jimabbott9368]

Equalizer 3

[@Greenboardmarker]

✝️❤️ love to italy 🇮🇹🤝🇩🇪

[@bobbaumeister5243]

You love the MAFIA? Italy is the MAFIA. MAFIA IS EVERWHERE

[@michelealbanese3261]

Are you german?

[@bobbaumeister5243]

@@michelealbanese3261 yes! And i have the German Fear (Angst).

[@michelealbanese3261]

@@bobbaumeister5243 I was talking to Nick but it's ok. So, really do you think Italy is the Mafia?

[@moses468]

Now I can imagine those Jews and Christians in the hands of Roman Soldiers 2000 years ago....🤔🤔🙄🤐

[@illumination101]

Ha, conveniently... CONVENIENTLY WEN these reporters do reports, they conveniently FIND SHIPMENTS. HAPPENS IN COLUMBIA AS WELL.

[@johnhsmith9207]

Mafia has nothing on the Government, Banking Cartels and assorted Corporations! “If the People ever come to understand their system of Banking, There will be a Revolution by morning!” - Democrat President, Creature from Jekyll Island, Woodrow Wilson

[@Hell-Awaits]

Maybe AMERICAN Mafia. Italian Mafia is the Government, Banking Cartels and Corporation.

[@cgas7344]

Your completely right John H Smith Our western Goverments with there Banking bosses are the real Mafia...but they all hide and point fingers on others..🤣 Great part of contraband is shifted by govt diplomats with immunity!

[@thereishope5676]

@@Hell-Awaits It´s more allover, watching the whole thing for about 20 yrs. now.

[@fight6137]

@@Hell-Awaits the american mafia is italian

[@gdionwood]

I am the son of people from this beautiful region! Both of my grandfathers and my father fiercely hated the scourge that the Ndrangheta was for their native lands! I have always asked myself, and never was able to make sense of how these horrid people can justify greed versus the well being of their family and community! statistics dictate that at least half of their children and grandchildren will perish killed by rival factions or law enforcement! additionally their drugs reduce to human rot countless families! where is the glory??

[@chrismaurina5260]

They found 50 kilos because they wanted them to find them ,that means they got 1,000 kilos through guaranteed

[@davidchiarletti4648]

FACTS ,GATE13SW6CFCCREW

[@robertreid9349]

Correct 100%

[@thecommentaryking]

Wrong, but I don't expect less from internet "experts"

[@giorgioroyaume8815]

🇮🇹north Italy RICHNESS AND EUROPE 🇮🇹South Italy ...AFRICA, COLOMBIA MESSICO OR AFRICA that's it It's history All this history in 1 country of only 301'000km°2 🇺🇸 is 9'000'000 You have a lot of differences too between your states...but same language and same economy ( except small differences) 🇮🇹 completely changes NORTH/ SOUTH

[@refittoro5282]

We have two types of criminals in this world those with license and those without there is no mafia if you luck history careful those are lost kingdoms and no one can stop them I fill sad for those people living in those areas but sometimes that's how it goes 😢

[@henrybertolette2496]

One or more of the

[@giorgioroyaume8815]

This is southern 🇮🇹 Thw difference between south /north? The same in U S A between N.Y.C. and Louisiana Like 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸...when you also imitate our accent ( but this funny fact is not important...but I' m writing it to make you realize our differences)

[@twinkle3026]

What a brave gentleman, Pino is! God bless him! ..... Incidentally, i feel very sorry for the English lady, Marie, who was duped into buying Ndragnetta property! I hope she will be safe out there, until she is able to find her way back to England. xxxx

[@adrianadrian7101]

She needs to married me. 🥳

[@twinkle3026]

@@adrianadrian7101 I see! Ok then! LoL!

[@adrianadrian7101]

@@twinkle3026 Don't get jealous. I can always change my mind. 😳

[@twinkle3026]

@@adrianadrian7101 That's real cool! xx

[@adrianadrian7101]

@@twinkle3026 🩰 I stoled them for you. 🥳

[@petersrightbut8297]

Lol, a show for the cameras...

[@NycBeauty]

Great documentary. Thank you. 👍🏾

[@rickmassey1272]

Duh...of course they're going to say the mafia doesn't exist there...that's the first thing someone IN THE MAFIA says.

[@RK-ut8ss]

I hope the state buys that British lady a luxurious home for what she’s had to put up with for 5 years while they’ve been in court “trying to solve the mystery.”

[@hermanknippenberg2896]

Who knows about any good that resulted from the mafia's activities? They were unhappy for so many decades and, on top of that, eternity is not interesting :(. A062

[@EDDIEROSSI77]

FORZA ITALIA

[@skipads5141]

Fokza Italia

[@giorgioroyaume8815]

This is southern 🇮🇹 Not 🇮🇹 Sometimes you can find mobsters everywhere...but they r from that land, they moved from South to north