Editing 'Ndrangheta (section)

===Germany===
According to a study by the German foreign intelligence service, the [[Bundesnachrichtendienst]], 'Ndrangheta groups are using Germany to invest cash from drugs and weapons smuggling. Profits are invested in hotels, restaurants and houses, especially along the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast and in the eastern German states of [[Thuringia]] and [[Saxony]].<ref name="dw131106">[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2237523,00.html "Italian Mafia Invests Millions in Germany"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028064921/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2237523,00.html |date=28 October 2007 }}, ''Deutsche Welle'', 13 November 2006.</ref><ref name="bz111106">{{in lang|de}} [http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2006/1111/politik/0049/index.html ''"Mafia setzt sich in Deutschland fest"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013161340/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2006/1111/politik/0049/index.html |date=13 October 2007}} ("Mafia sets firmly in Germany"), ''Berliner Zeitung'', 11 November 2006.</ref> Investigators believe that the mafia's bases in Germany are used primarily for clandestine financial transactions. In 1999, the state Office of Criminal Investigation in [[Stuttgart]] investigated an Italian from San Luca who had allegedly laundered millions through a local bank, the Sparkasse Ulm. The man claimed that he managed a profitable car dealership, and authorities were unable to prove that the business was not the source of his money. The [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|Bundeskriminalamt]] concluded in 2000 that "the activities of this 'Ndrangheta clan represent a multi-regional criminal phenomenon."<ref name="spi200807">[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,500785,00.html "A Mafia Wake-Up Call"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020182738/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,500785,00.html |date=20 October 2007 }}, ''Der Spiegel'', 20 August 2007.</ref>

A war between the two 'Ndrangheta clans Pelle-Romeo (Pelle-Vottari) and Strangio-Nirta from [[San Luca]] that had started in 1991 in their home town in Calabria and resulted in several deaths, spilled into Germany in 2007; six men were shot dead in front of an Italian restaurant in [[Duisburg]] on 15 August 2007.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6949274.stm "A mafia family feud spills over"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025032111/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6949274.stm |date=25 October 2007 }}, [[BBC News Online]], 16 August 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2265889.ece "How the tentacles of the Calabrian Mafia spread from Italy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906105229/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2265889.ece |date=6 September 2008 }}, ''[[The Times|Times Online]]'', 15 August 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,500016,00.html "Six Italians Killed in Duisburg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013054947/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,500016,00.html |date=13 October 2007 }}, ''[[Der Spiegel|Spiegel Online]]'', 15 August 2007.</ref> (See [[San Luca feud]].)

In 2009, a confidential report by the Bundeskriminalamt said some 'Ndrangheta families were living in Germany, and were involved in gun-running, [[money laundering]], drug-dealing and racketeering, as well as legal businesses. Some 900 people were involved in criminal activity, and were also legal owners of hundreds of restaurants, as well as being major players in the property market in the former East. The most represented 'Ndrangheta family originated from the city of [[San Luca]] (Italy), with some 200 members in Germany.<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/281181,report-germany-losing-battle-against-calabrian-mafia.html "Report: Germany losing battle against Calabrian mafia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905081345/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/281181,report-germany-losing-battle-against-calabrian-mafia.html |date=5 September 2012 }}, ''The Earth Times'', 12 August 2009.</ref><ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.zeit.de/online/2009/33/vorab-mafia-deutschland "''Italienische Mafia wird in Deutschland heimisch''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814204924/http://www.zeit.de/online/2009/33/vorab-mafia-deutschland |date=14 August 2009 }} ("Italian Mafia makes home in Germany"), ''Die Zeit'', 12 August 2009.</ref> According to the head of the German federal police service, [[Jörg Ziercke]], "Half of the criminal groups identified in Germany belong to the 'Ndrangheta. It has been the biggest criminal group since the 1980s. Compared to other groups operating in Germany, the Italians have the strongest organization."<ref>[http://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&news_cat_id=1&id=177252 "One in two crime gangs in Germany are Italian, police boss says"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603022907/http://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&news_cat_id=1&id=177252 |date=3 June 2013 }}, ''Business Ghana'', 8 January 2013.</ref>