The 56-year-old boss of the ‘Ndrangheta Rocco Morabito, considered one of the most important international drug traffickers in the world, landed at Rome – Ciampino airport today, extradited from Brazil, where he was arrested on 25 May 2021 by the Brazilian federal police, during a joint operation with the Carabinieri of the ROS and the Provincial Command of Reggio Calabria, supported by the International Police Cooperation Service – I-CAN project and by the US agencies DEA and FBI. He must serve a definitive sentence of 30 years in prison.
Morabito’s arrest in Brazil was carried out in execution of a precautionary custody order in prison issued by the General Prosecutor of Reggio Calabria, headed by Gerardo Dominijanni. Morabito was included in the list of fugitives of maximum danger belonging to the “Special Research Program” of the Ministry of the Interior.
Morabito was located in João Pessoa while he was together with another fugitive from ‘Ndrangheta, Vincenzo Pasquino, in turn wanted by the Provincial Command of Turin of the Carabinieri, who were conducting parallel investigations coordinated by the District Prosecutor of the Piedmontese capital, directed by Anna Maria Loreto .