Editing Giuseppe Coluccio (section)

==Born in 'Ndrangheta family==
Coluccio was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_di_Gioiosa_Ionica Marina di Gioiosa Ionica] a seaside town on southern Italy's Ionian coast. He was the first of three sons born into a traditional 'Ndrangheta family. Before he reached his teens, his father was murdered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siderno Siderno] during a bloody feud that ravaged competing 'Ndrangheta clans. The clan survived and eventually rose to prominence under the leadership of Giuseppe Coluccio. The clan achieved an "unbreakable" monopoly on the sale of fish through the "power of intimidation" that was so strong the fisherman declared it a "law" that they answered to the clan, according to Italian Antimafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri in a dossier for Canadian authorities. Proceeds from the monopoly were invested in a "vast drug-trafficking operation in cocaine."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-np160808_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-np160808-3 [3]]</sup>

His first arrested was in 1991 for drug dealing and trafficking. Since then, various investigations identified him as a key player in the import of cocaine from Colombia for a cartel of 'Ndrangheta clans in collaboration with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roberto_Pannunzi&action=edit&redlink=1 Roberto Pannunzi], who brokered the deals in Latin America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mo080808_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-mo080808-4 [4]]</sup>

He was also involved in trafficking heroin from Turkey, smuggled in by fishing boats controlled by the Coluccio-Aquino [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Ndrina 'Ndrina] in Gioiosa Ionica.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-adn080808_5-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-adn080808-5 [5]]</sup> He is a cousin of [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocco_Aquino&action=edit&redlink=1 Rocco Aquino] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe_Aquino&action=edit&redlink=1 Giuseppe Aquino], the bosses of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Aquino Aquino] 'ndrina in the town.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mo080808_4-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-mo080808-4 [4]]</sup>