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The real victor, however, was the
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At a meeting in
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exchanged insults that almost escalated in a violent confrontation, only prevented by peacemaker Macrì. Matters deteriorated when
Tripodo, fearing an ambush, failed to show up at a wedding of a close ally of Piromalli.
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on 24 November 1974, in the Roof Garden bar, an infamous 'Ndrangheta haunt in Reggio
Calabria. The conflict was now inevitable. In retaliation, on 20 January 1975, Macrì was killed in his hometown
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Tripodo, the conflict withered to its end. However, the final stage was the killing of Giorgio De Stefano on 7 November 1977 in Santo Stefano in the
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were opposed to new developments in the organisation, such as the entry into kidnapping and drug trafficking. They also opposed the formation of the
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228:). The conflict raged from 1974 to 1977 and resulted in approximately 233 deaths. The war broke the equilibrium in the triumvirate, made up of
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The casualties of the war rose to 233 in three years. Apart from the main war, local feuds erupted in various towns such as
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on 24 November 1974 in the Roof Garden bar, an infamous 'Ndrangheta haunt in Reggio
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was severely wounded. According to a state witness, a young
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La criminalitĂ organizzata dalle origini ai giorni nostri
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Killing Giovanni De Stefano and wounding his brother
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423:Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse
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737:, New York: Oxford University Press
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478:I delitti di criminalitĂ organizzata
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202:233 people were killed on both sides
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1215:Organized crime conflicts in Italy
1166:List of victims of the 'Ndrangheta
1080:List of members of the 'Ndrangheta
702:, London: Hodder & Stoughton,
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682:Arlacchi, Pino (1988).
594:Gratteri & Nicaso,
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312:and Mazzaferro clans.
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88:and consolidation of
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538:"'Ndrangheta 2005"
506:Mafia Brotherhoods
445:Fratelli di Sangue
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302:Francesco Commisso
294:Giorgio De Stefano
281:Giorgio De Stefano
269:Girolamo Piromalli
242:De Stefano 'ndrina
238:Girolamo Piromalli
185:Giorgio De Stefano
147:Mazzaferro 'ndrina
133:De Stefano 'ndrina
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66:Giorgio De Stefano
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813:Trequartino
809:Capobastone
804:Capocrimine
788:'Ndrangheta
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524:, pp. 14-15
273:Gioia Tauro
214:'Ndrangheta
81:Resulted in
1204:Categories
969:Mazzaferro
959:De Stefano
884:Codes and
829:Camorrista
817:Vangelista
651:Arlacchi,
581:pp. 137-40
554:2007-09-29
402:References
368:Taurianova
350:Casualties
336:Aspromonte
248:Background
224:(southern
194:Casualties
1067:Members (
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974:Mammoliti
833:Picciotto
826:Sgarrista
600:pp. 60-62
520:Guarino,
384:Piromalli
374:Aftermath
356:Cittanova
61:Caused by
43:1974–1977
1179:See also
1141:Category
1070:Category
1049:Musitano
999:Serraino
949:Commisso
939:Bellocco
894:Made man
822:Santista
655:, p. 156
622:Dickie,
575:Dickie,
508:, p. 115
466:Archived
421:Dickie,
360:Seminara
222:Calabria
199:Death(s)
53:Calabria
48:Location
1161:Pentito
1112:Related
1054:Papalia
1039:Luppino
979:Papalia
964:Mancuso
944:Cataldo
934:Barbaro
919:'Ndrine
875:'Ndrina
860:Crimine
638:Paoli,
504:Paoli,
321:Camorra
310:Cataldo
298:Siderno
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909:Pizzo
904:Faida
886:Terms
796:Ranks
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