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[[File:Giuseppe Coluccio.jpg|thumb|268px|right]]'''Giuseppe Coluccio''' is an Italian criminal and a member of the [['Ndrangheta]], a [[Mafia]] type organisation based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria Calabria]. He was a fugitive since 2005 and included in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_wanted_fugitives_in_Italy list of most wanted fugitives in Italy] until his capture on August 7, 2008, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto Toronto] (Canada).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gm080808_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-gm080808-1 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep080808_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-rep080808-2 [2]]</sup> | [[File:Giuseppe Coluccio.jpg|thumb|268px|right]]'''Giuseppe Coluccio''' (born April 12, 1966) is an Italian criminal and a member of the [['Ndrangheta]], a [[Mafia]] type organisation based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria Calabria]. He was a fugitive since 2005 and included in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_wanted_fugitives_in_Italy list of most wanted fugitives in Italy] until his capture on August 7, 2008, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto Toronto] (Canada).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gm080808_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-gm080808-1 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep080808_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-rep080808-2 [2]]</sup> | ||
==Born in 'Ndrangheta family== | ==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> | 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> | ||