Editing Francesco Barbaro

[[File:Francesco Barbaro.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]'''Francesco Barbaro''' was a boss of the [['Ndrangheta]], a [[Mafia]]-like organization in Italy.

Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plat%C3%AC Platì], he is the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbaro_%27ndrina Barbaro 'ndrina]. He was known as the king of kidnapping in the 1980s.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep060189_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-rep060189-1 [1]]</sup> He 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-olimpia_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-olimpia-2 [2]]</sup>
=='Ndrangheta heritage==
In the 1950s the clan was involved in a bloody feud with the [[Mammoliti 'ndrina]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castellace&action=edit&redlink=1 Castellace] in the municipality of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppido_Mamertina Oppido Mamertina]. In the end the Mammoliti clan prevailed and the Barbaros moved back to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plat%C3%AC Platì].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-dda_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-dda-3 [3]]</sup>

Many of the 'Ndrangheta clans in Platì, such as Trimboli, Sergi, Romeo, Papalia and Marando are associated through blood relations, which center around the Barbaro.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rel_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-rel-4 [4]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gratteri123_5-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-gratteri123-5 [5]]</sup>

Platì has been called the "cradle of kidnapping" and it is suspected that kidnap victims were held within a complex network of underground tunnels.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ind310702_6-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-ind310702-6 [6]]</sup> The money extorted with kidnappings was invested in drug trafficking and construction in northern Italy, in particularly around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccinasco Buccinasco], near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan Milan].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep_7-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-rep-7 [7]]</sup> The clan participated in a cartel of 'Ndrangheta families involved in cocaine trafficking with the Mafia family of [[Mariano Agate]].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aduc300503_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-aduc300503-8 [8]]</sup>
==Arrest==
He was arrested on January 5, 1989.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep060189_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-rep060189-1 [1]]</sup> Over the years, Francesco’s son [[Giuseppe Barbaro]] took over the leadership of the clan from his aging father.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gratteri124_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-gratteri124-9 [9]]</sup> Giuseppe was included in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_wanted_fugitives_in_Italy list of most wanted fugitives in Italy] until his arrest on December 10, 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep111201_10-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-rep111201-10 [10]]</sup> Another son of Francesco, Rocco Barbaro, was arrested on February 8, 2003.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep080203_11-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-rep080203-11 [11]]</sup>

One of his daughters married [[Giuseppe Pelle]], one of the four sons of [[Antonio Pelle]], the 'Ndrangheta boss from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luca San Luca], securing a tight alliance between these two powerfull [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27ndrina 'ndrine].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gaz051109_12-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_%28Castanu%29#cite_note-gaz051109-12 [12]]</sup>
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