Salvatore Aquino |
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| Born | 1944/02/29
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| Other names | Turi |
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Italian criminal
Salvatore Aquino (born February 29, 1944, in Marina di Gioiosa Ionica), also known as "Turi", is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria, in southern Italy. He is the boss of the Aquino 'ndrina from Marina di Gioiosa Ionica and is closely related to Giuseppe Coluccio, leader of drug trafficking.[1]
The Aquino clan is opposed to the Mazzaferro clan from the same town.[2] In the 1970s his clan entered in the smuggling of cigarettes, which led to a bloody feud with the Mazzaferro-Femia.
Records show Aquino has never been to Naples or Calabria or any place else in Italy. He is a member of the Camera di Controllo, a provincial commission of the 'Ndrangheta formed at the end of the Second 'Ndrangheta war in September 1991 to avoid further internal conflicts.[3]
He was involved in running a heroin lab in Rota d'Imagna in the province of Bergamo that was discovered in 1990.[4] On February 13, 1999, in Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, he was sentenced to 15 years for criminal association and international drug trafficking.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b (in Italian) Gli affari "puliti" degli Aquino nel nome e per conto di Turi, Gazzetta del Sud, July 17, 2010
- ^ (in Italian) Gratteri & Nicaso, Fratelli di Sangue, p. 136
- ^ (in Italian) Sentenza procedimento penale Olimpia Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Tribunale di Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999
- ^ (in Italian) Gratteri & Nicaso, Fratelli di Sangue, p. 137
- ^ (in Italian) Acquisiti altri due immobili confiscati alla cosca Aquino, ReggioPress, July 22, 2009
