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Bellocco 'ndrina

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.
 Bellocco 'ndrina
Founded 1960s

Founding location Rosarno, Calabria,

Italy

Years active 1960s-present

Territory Rosarno and Varese

(Lombardy)

Ethnicity Calabrians

Membership 'Ndrangheta

Criminal activities Racketeering,

extortion, drug
trafficking and
weapons trafficking
Allies Piromalli and Pesce
'ndrine

Powerful 'Ndrangheta clan

The Bellocco clan is one of the most
powerful clans in the 'Ndrangheta.
Activities range from drug trafficking,
extortion and the control of nearly all
commercial businesses in the Gioia Tauro
plain. Jointly with the Pesce clan and in
collaboration with the Piromalli-Molè
'ndrina they controlled the public contracts
for the construction of the container
terminal in the port of Gioia Tauro.[1]

After the construction of the port, the

Piromalli-Mole and Pesce-Bellocco clans
controlled activities tied to the port, the
hiring of workers, and relations with port
unions and local institutions, according to
a report of the Italian Antimafia
Commission. They who would guarantee
peace and order on the docks in return for
a ‘security tax’ of US$1.50 per for each
transshipped container.[2]

The clan also has a strong presence in

northern Italy, in particular in Varese
(Lombardy), where they controlled drug
trafficking.[3]

Leadership
The head of the clan is Umberto Bellocco
(1937), arrested in February 1993 [4] and
currently in prison. Umberto or his brother
Carmelo Bellocco became a member of La
Provincia, a provincial commission of the
'Ndrangheta, formed at the end of the
Second 'Ndrangheta war in September
1991 to avoid further internal conflicts.[5]

In the beginning of the 1980s Umberto

Bellocco was involved in setting up the
Sacra Corona Unita (SCU), a mafia-type
organization in Apulia, to counter the
growing influence of the Camorra. On his
instigation Giuseppe Rogoli imported the
codes, structure and initiation rites of the
'Ndrangheta to be used by the SCU.[6][7][8]

After his arrest in 1993, he was succeeded

as acting boss by his cousin Gregorio
Bellocco, arrested in February 2005, and
Giuseppe Bellocco, arrested in July
2007.[9]

Recent developments
In January 2006, 54 members of the
Bellocco-Pesce clan were arrested in an
operation against international drug
trafficking. They were supplying the drug
markets in Milan, Como, Sondrio, Brescia,
Bergamo, Treviso, Alessandria, Naples and
Reggio Calabria.[10] The cocaine was
imported from Colombia, Brazil, Spain and
the Netherlands, heroin from the Balkans
and ecstasy from the Netherlands.[6]

On January 12, 2010, the Italian police

arrested 17 people in Bologna and
Calabria linked to the Pesce-Bellocco clan.
They were expanding their drug and arms
trafficking activities to Bologna, where
Carmello Bellocco was serving a 17-year
sentence for racketeering. Bellocco is
accused of leading the group's activities
while on day-leave from prison.[11]

References
1. (in Italian) 'Ndrangheta, arrestato boss
"Uno dei 30 latitanti più pericolosi" , La
Repubblica, February 16, 2005
2. Gioia Tauro 'controlled by mafia for
over a decade' , Lloyd’s List, February
21, 2008
3. (in Italian) Arrestato il boss della
'ndrangheta Bellocchio , Rai News,
February 16, 2005
4. Mafia arrest , The Independent,
February 18, 1993
5. (in Italian) Sentenza procedimento
penale Olimpia Archived 2011-07-22
at the Wayback Machine, Tribunale di
Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999
6. (in Italian) Un cartello della ndrangheta
gestiva il traffico della coca nel nord
Italia , Nuova Cosenza, January 19,
2006
 7. Sciarrone, Mafie vecchie, mafie nuove,
p. 174
8. Audizione del collaboratore di giustizia
Salvatore Annacondia , Commissione
parlamentare di inchiesta sul
fenomeno della mafia e sulle
associazioni criminali similari, July 30,
1993
9. Don in a manger: Italy police nab
wanted mobster , DPA, July 17, 2007
10. (in Italian) 'Ndrangheta, maxiblitz
antidroga: Colpita cosca Pesce-
Bellocco:54 arresti , Tgcom, January
19, 2006
 11. Anti-mafia police arrest 17 in
'Ndrangheta bust , ANSA, January 12,
2010
Sciarrone, Rocco (1998).Mafie vecchie,
mafie nuove: radicamento ed
espansione , Rome: Donzelli Editore,
ISBN 88-7989-435-8

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