Operation “Farmabusiness”, Gratteri: “Tallini helped gangs obtain authorizations in exchange for votes”

Catanzaro – Clan staff members met in the tavern of the home of their boss, Nicolino Grande Aracri, in Cutro, to discuss their strategies and, in particular, the project aimed at taking over drug distribution in the province of Catanzaro. but they did not know that the place was infested with vermin installed by the carabinieri. It was June 7, 2014. During an online press conference, details of the “Farmabusiness” investigation were released that revealed an alleged link between the Grande Aracri clan and drug distribution. Catanzaro Chief Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri explained: “The investigation is important and was carried out in the field. Under investigation, a family of Series A ‘Ndrangheta. I thank everyone who collaborated: I am happy to work with these men with seriousness and also affection. They are young people who work day and night for us with enthusiasm because they know that they are part of a great team ”.

Tallini’s support for the clan

Deputy Vincenzo Capomolla specified: “A representative sample emerges of the expansive nature of the organization of ‘Ndrangheta Grande Aracri, endowed with an omnipresent capacity to influence public life. The institutional figure extracted from today’s measure that has found a link with another subject, an entrepreneur from Catanzaro capable of relating to exponents of politics and organized crime in Catanzaro and Cutro, there is a whole network of subjects. that revolves around the clan. “The investigator Antonio Montanaro focused on the operation of the Grande Aracri clan, also defining new assets after operations that had affected the main leaders.” It emerged that the joints of the ‘Ndrangheta moved by two different routes: the control of the territory and the infiltrations of a business nature. And we approach it by deepening the history for the start of a company, based in Catanzaro, directed “.

From what was reported at the conference, the central figure of the president of the Regional Council (under house arrest), Domenico Tallini, who would have assured the mafia faction of support to streamline the bureaucratic process of obtaining authorizations for the start of activities. at an early stage of planning. Thanks to him – it emerged during the press conference – “the administrative and bureaucratic difficulties that were occurring in the start-up of the company and a warehouse where the products were stored would have been overcome, in exchange for electoral support in November 2014 “. He also reconstructed episodes of intimidation and availability of weapons.

The role of women at the top of the clan.

For Danilo Cimicata, from the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri of Crotone: “The role of women was also fundamental, allowing continuity when the leaders are detained. in the basin. Many see women coming out of jail as a point of reference. ”The clan chief’s wife and daughter also ended up handcuffed.