FLASH
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An alliance between Albanian, Calabrian and Roman criminal groups, with branches in South America and the ports of Northern Europe, capable of moving 300 kilograms of drugs (with an equivalent value of 8 million euros) per year. Of the 26 initial suspects, there are 15 detention orders (12 in prison and 3 under house arrest, but not all have been caught) executed yesterday morning by the Pef Unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Reggio Emilia and the Police Headquarters Squad, coordinated by the DDA prosecutor of Bologna Roberto Ceroni. Over 110 soldiers and police officers carried out 16 checks where Rolex watches, suitcases full of money, and even diamonds were seized, in nine provinces.
For the criminal organization aimed at international drug trafficking, arrest warrants were issued for Domenico Bolognino, 34 years old, born in Locri, son of boss Sergio Bolognino, linked to the 'Ndrangheta of Grande Aracri, who is serving a prison sentence; Cesare Catellani, 51 years old, born in Carpi; Xhemali Desari, 34 years old; Avni Dushku, 38 years old; Fabjol Dushku, 35 years old; Salvatore Gaetano, 43 years old from Crotone; Daniele Gatta, a 40-year-old Roman, known as the son-in-law of Fabrizio Piscitelli, known as "Diabolik", the ultras leader killed in Rome in 2019; Rigers Kusi, 37 years old; Sokol Lumi, 38 years old; Antonino Modafferi, 44 years old from Calabria; Daniel Palladino, 24 years old, born in Reggio; Daniela Randazzo, 54 years old, born in Palermo; Bashkim Sula, 37. Albanians Julian Nikolla, 44, Armand Pepa, 24, and Aureldi Tafa, 32, were placed under house arrest. Some of them had already been arrested for incidents related to individual drug groups seized over time.
The operation was called “Limits” due to the particular difficulties caused by its international scope. It all started on September 15, 2020 with a seizure that took place at the airport in Bogota (Colombia). A DHL package, with 6.5 kilograms of cocaine, with an Italian sender, a Colombian address and telephone number: Piazza del Bianello 2 in Bibbiano. From Colombia, the case passes to the Guardia di Finanza of Reggio Emilia, which despite the wrong street number identifies an apartment used by Salvatore Gaetano, Palladino, Lumi and Sula (cousins among them). From this first group of suspects – through the use of telephone and environmental interceptions – the investigation spread rapidly, until it converged with another drug trafficking investigation (against Albanians) in which the Police Squad was working at the same time. Then the Roman entrepreneur Gatta appears, in the role of financier of a shipment from Ecuador.
However, to complete the puzzle and reconstruct the drug routes, it was necessary to extract data from cryptophones and consult with police forces from half of Europe. According to the prosecution, from 2020 to 2021, the suspects imported (from Albania, Kosovo, Ecuador, Colombia and the Netherlands), cut and sold a river of drugs: 23 kilograms of cocaine, 6 kilograms of heroin, 80 kilograms of hashish, 240 kilograms of marijuana. This landscape is not missing fake invoices for 5.2 million euros, issued by ten residents of Reggio reported through seven companies (six here and one in Parma) and a Spanish deal of fake banknotes for 75 thousand euros by an arrested person. “There are several qualifying elements of this investigation: from the ability of the suspects to move indiscriminately through multiple territories (Emilia, Calabria, Venice and Rome) to the use of cryptophones (Sky Ecc platform) that caused a lot of trouble, to the proximity to organized crime, said the provincial commander of Finance Ivan Filippo Bixio. “A virtuous synergy,” said the police commissioner Giuseppe Maggese. “A second-level crime was hit, not very visible, but with a strong impact.”/ BW
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