'Ndrangheta, arrested in Spain fugitive Giuseppe Romeo
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May 15, 2021 One name, many nicknames: "u pacciu", "maluferru" or "u nanu", son of Antonio called "centocapelli. Giuseppe Romeo, born in 1986, the fugitive of 'ndrangheta, returned to Italy from Spain at the airport of Rome Fiumicino escorted by the Service for International Police Cooperation (SCIP) of the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police of the Department of Public Security.
The role in drug trafficking
Romeo was arrested in Barcelona on 11 March, on the basis of a European arrest warrant, the dangerous criminal from San Luca, near Reggio Calabria had an important role as organizer and financier of cocaine trafficking in Europe. He had settled in Germany, shuttled between Calabria, Lombardy and north-western Europe to make agreements with suppliers and some intermediaries in Belgium, Holland and Germany.
The sentences issued during the latitude until the capture
Two custody orders had been issued on him in prison, Romeo is the recipient of a preventive seizure order as part of the "European 'Ndrangheta Connection" investigation and on 3 November 2020 he was sentenced by the Gup of Reggio Calabria to 20 years of imprisonment for participation, with an important role, in a criminal association aimed at international drug trafficking, possession of drugs, fraudulent transfer of valuables and self-laundering. He was also convicted in the first instance of having registered his shares in the bar - ice cream parlor "Cafè La Piazza" in Bruggen in Germany - seized during the same operation "European 'Ndrangheta Connection", to other subjects accused in the same investigation ,as well as for self-laundering and reuse of illicit "collections". Romeo's return to Italy is the result of an intense collaboration between the Italian and Spanish police forces, favored by the international cooperation activity of the “I Can” Project. An important collaboration that made it possible to locate Romeo in Spain after he had managed to disappear during the international operation "European 'Ndrangheta Connection" on 5 December 2018.international operation "European 'Ndrangheta Connection" on 5 December 2018.international operation "European 'Ndrangheta Connection" on 5 December 2018.