Editing Giuseppe Piromalli (born 1921) (section)

==Entrepreneurial mafia==
Together with his elder brother Girolamo Piromalli, Giuseppe redirected the 'Ndrangheta clan from its rural base to an entrepreneurial criminal organisation assuming dominance over several public works in the Gioia Tauro area, particularly in the construction and operation of the new container seaport. When in 1974 businesses involved in the expansion of the port and steelworks in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioia_Tauro Gioia Tauro] offered a three per cent kickback to be left in peace the three leading 'Ndrangheta families at the time, [[Antonio Macrì]], the Piromalli brothers and the [[De Stefano brothers]] rejected the offer and wanted to be sub-contracted on work carried in order to control the projects.

The subcontracts for the steelwork in Gioia Tauro, whose total value reached the astronomic amount of US$3,800 billion were largely distributed on the basis of territorial criteria. More than half the contracts were granted to a single cosca, the Piromalli family, which dominated the area where the steelwork was supposed to be built. The managers of the consortium responsible for the completion of the port and the steelworks made Gioacchino Piromalli an official associate – the company subsequently did not suffer from extortion or inflicted damage of any kind in an area where the previous 154 explosive attacks were committed.