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Colombian authorities arrest alleged leader of Italian mafia in Latin America
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, JUL 11 – Bogotá authorities detained several suspected 'Ndrangheta members linked to organized crime in Latin America, disrupting key operations, officials said.
- On July 12, 2025, Colombian officials detained Giuseppe Palermo, suspected of being a key figure in the Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia, in Bogotá during a joint operation involving multiple international law enforcement agencies.
- The arrest followed investigations revealing Palermo's role in purchasing large cocaine shipments across Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador and controlling trafficking routes to Europe.
- 'Ndrangheta is a powerful Italian criminal group known for importing cocaine into Europe, and recent cocaine production in Colombia rose nearly 34% to 3,708 tons in 2023.
- Carlos Fernando Triana, head of Colombian police, stated Palermo is part of 'one of the most tightly knit cells' of the 'Ndrangheta and led drug shipments and transport routes.
- Palermo’s capture in a multinational effort involving Europol signals intensified international cooperation against a growing cocaine trade fueled mainly by expanding coca cultivation in Colombia.
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The Colombian authorities informed through social networks of the capture of Giuseppe Palermo, alias "Peppe", named as the leader of the Italian mafia Ndrangheta in Latin America. Palermo was accused of supervising cocaine trafficking and of managing illegal routes to Europe. On the detainee was weighed an arrest warrant in force in 196 countries and was listed in the Interpol Red Circular as one of the top coordinators of the Platì clan, one of…
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was captured in Bogot, Colombia, Giuseppe Palermo said ?Peppe?, considered at the top of the ?ndrangheta clan of Plat, in the Reggino. The man...
The Colombian authorities have announced that they have captured an alleged boss of the Italian "ndrangheta" in Latin America, who is accused of overseeing cocaine trafficking and managing illegal routes to Europe.
July 11, 2025 – Bogotá – EFE. The Colombian authorities, in coordination with their counterparts in Italy and the United Kingdom, managed to capture Giuseppe Palermo in Bogotá, known as “Peppe”, considered the main leader of the Italian Mafia organisation ‘Ndrangheta in Latin America, as reported by the director of the National Police, General Carlos Fernando Triana. According to the senior official, Palermo was being searched in 196 countries a…
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