207:. Control of the Gioia Tauro container hub has allowed the Piromalli clan to dominate not only the illegal drug trade but also arms and other contraband smuggling. The Piromalli-Molè clan in recent years turned the syndicate into a modern and high-tech criminal organization. Within the Piromalli organization the Molè clan is responsible for drug trafficking and handles relations with 'Ndrangheta branches in central and northern Italy as well as with Colombian drug cartels.
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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.
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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
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Piromalli went on the run. He was captured on February 24, 1984. He was convicted to 11 life sentences. However, in appeal the conviction was reduced to one life sentence. In 1986 he was convicted for mafia association. The same year Piromalli
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