Editing Francesco Barbaro (section)

=='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>