Gregorio Bellocco is an Italian

Italy

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 criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta. He is the boss of the Bellocco 'ndrina

Bellocco 'ndrina

The Bellocco 'ndrina is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Rosarno, on the Tyrrhenian coast.-Powerful 'Ndrangheta clan:...

 from Rosarno

Rosarno

Rosarno is a comune in the province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region of Calabria. It is about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. Rosarno stands on a natural terrace cloaked in olive plantations and vineyards on the left bank of the river Mesima, overlooking...

 in Calabria

Calabria

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. He was a fugitive since 1996 and included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy until his capture in February 2005.

The Bellocco clan is one of the most powerful groups in the 'Ndrangheta. Activities ranged from drug trafficking, extortion and the control of nearly all commercial businesses in the Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro is a comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria , on the Tyrrhenian coast. It has an important port, situated along the route connecting Suez to Gibraltar, one of the busiest maritime corridors in the world....

 plain. Jointly with the Pesce clan

Pesce 'ndrina

The Pesce 'ndrina is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Rosarno on the Tyrrhenian coast.-Powerful 'Ndrangheta clan:...

 and in collaboration with the Piromalli-Molè 'ndrina

Piromalli 'ndrina

The Piromalli 'ndrina is one of the most powerful clans of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Gioia Tauro on the Tyrrhenian coast. The Piromalli's are allied with their relatives of the Molè family, also from Gioia Tauro. Often they...

 they controlled the public contracts for the construction of the container terminal

Container terminal

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 in the port of Gioia Tauro.

He succeeded his cousin Umberto Bellocco

Umberto Bellocco

Umberto Bellocco is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta, a mafia-type organisation in Calabria. He belongs to and was the boss of the Bellocco 'ndrina based in Rosarno....

 – arrested in 1993 – as the acting boss of the clan, until he was arrested in pre-dawn raid on February 16, 2005, while hiding in an underground bunker. A Carabinieri official said police had been hunting Bellocco for a long time. “He ruled from his territory, moving from tunnels and bunkers,” he said. He has to serve time on several convictions, including a life sentence for murder. He was succeeded by his cousin Giuseppe Bellocco

Giuseppe Bellocco

Giuseppe Bellocco is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta. He is the capobastone of the Bellocco 'ndrina from Rosarno in Calabria. He was a fugitive since 1997 and included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy until his capture in July 2007.The Bellocco clan is one of the...

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