Diego Rosmini (born 16 July 1927), also known as Direttore, is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organization, in Calabria. He was the boss of the Rosmini 'ndrina based in the city of Reggio Calabria.[1] He was born in Reggio Calabria.
Second 'Ndrangheta war
editThe Rosmini clan was a protagonist in the Second 'Ndrangheta war (1985–1991), which grouped all the 'ndrine in the city of Reggio Calabria into either one of two opposing factions: the Condello, Imerti, Serraino and Rosmini clans on one side, and the De Stefano 'ndrina, Tegano, Libri and Latella clans on the other.[2]
Arrest and convictions
editRosmini was arrested on 4 December 1990, and received a life sentence and an additional 15-year sentence for murder and Mafia association.[1] In 1998, he received a life sentence for ordering the killing in 1989 of the Christian Democrat politician Lodovico Ligato, former head of the Italian State Railways.[1] Ligato demanded a 10 percent bribe on public work contracts, jeopardizing agreements already reached among a so-called "business committee" of local politicians and 'Ndrangheta groups.[3] In March 2001, he received another life sentence.[4]
Rosmini is currently in jail. His nephew Diego Rosmini, known as junior (he was born in 1955), took over the leadership of the clan.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d (in Italian) Sentenza procedimento penale Olimpia Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tribunale di Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999
- ^ (in Italian) Gratteri & Nicaso, Fratelli di Sangue, pp. 65-68
- ^ Italian politicians implicated in Mafia murder, The Independent, December 7, 1992
- ^ (in Italian) Mafia, Matacena (Fi) condannato a 5 anni, La Repubblica, March 13, 2001
- (in Italian) Gratteri, Nicola & Antonio Nicaso (2006). Fratelli di Sangue, Cosenza: Luigi Pellegrini Editore ISBN 88-8101-373-8