Editing 'Ndrangheta (section)

===United States===
The earliest evidence of 'Ndrangheta activity in the U.S. points to an intimidation scheme run by the syndicate in Pennsylvania mining towns; this scheme was unearthed in 1906.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1577828120070815 "Who are the 'Ndrangheta"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914220726/https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1577828120070815 |date=14 September 2020}}, [[Reuters]], 15 August 2007.</ref> Current 'Ndrangheta activities in the United States mainly involve drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and money laundering. It is known that the 'Ndrangheta branches in North America have been associating with Italian-American organized crime. The Suraci family from Reggio Calabria has moved some of its operations to the U.S. The family was founded by Giuseppe Suraci, who has been in the United States since 1962. His younger cousin, Antonio Rogliano runs the family in Calabria.

In February 2014, both FBI and Italian Police joint operation named ''New Bridge'', intercepted the transatlantic network of U.S. and Italian crime families.<ref name="Laura Smith-Spark">{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/11/world/europe/us-italy-mafia-raids/|title=Gambino, Bonanno family members held in joint US-Italy anti-mafia raid|author=Laura Smith-Spark|author2=Hada Messia|date=11 February 2014|publisher=CNN|access-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226214532/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/11/world/europe/us-italy-mafia-raids|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The raid targeted the [[Gambino Crime Family|Gambino]] and [[Bonanno Crime Family|Bonanno]] families in the U.S. while in Italy, it targeted the Ursino ''{{'}}ndrina'' from Gioiosa Jonica. The defendants were charged with [[drug trafficking]], [[money laundering]] and firearms offenses, based, in part, on their participation in a transnational heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy involving the 'Ndrangheta.<ref name="Laura Smith-Spark" /> The operation began in 2012 when investigators detected a plan by members of the Ursino clan of the 'Ndrangheta to smuggle large amounts of drugs. An undercover agent was dispatched to [[Italy]] and was successful in infiltrating the clan. An undercover agent was also involved in the handover of 1.3&nbsp;kg of [[heroin]] in [[New York (state)|New York]] as part of the infiltration operation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/11/anti-mafia-raids-in-us-and-italy|title=Anti-mafia raids in U.S. and Italy|newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=17 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722061509/http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/11/anti-mafia-raids-in-us-and-italy|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2018, a Mafia expert wrote that "A new alliance between Bonanno associates and the Violi family ... is significant, as it suggests a growing prominence for Calabrian mafia – the 'Ndrangheta – within the New York families and in Canada". Criminologist Anna Sergi of the University of Essex added that drug trafficking was the most active pursuit in North America.<ref name="thestar.com"/>