Reggio Calabria, blitz against the Labate cosca: four arrests. The pm to the reporters: "Recount, the mafia lives with silence"

It is the message that the procurator of Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Lombardo launched during the press conference on the operation "Monastery" against the cosca Labate, which on Tuesday morning led to the arrest of four people: two bosses, Franco and Michele Labate, the forty-year-old son of the latter, Paolo Labate, and another subject, Antonino Laganà. The last one was subjected to protective custody of house arrests, the first three in prison.

The words of the Magistrate of the Anti-Mafia District Directorate on the sidelines of the Monastery operation that hit the Labate Cosca. "Recount the effort that the judiciary and law enforcement forces make. Only in this way will the decent people have the opportunity to understand that they are not alone"

With lucidity and passion, Nando dalla Chiesa tells the female face of the fight against the mafia: stories of women who, starting from their blood or emotional relationship with some victims, have contributed to breaking a centuries-old code of silence. This is the case of Francesca Serio, the mother of the farmer trade unionist Salvatore Carnevale. Of Felicia Impastato, mother of Peppino, the now famous protagonist of I cento passi. Of Saveria…

Reggio Calabria, ROS operation against the ‘ndrangheta, “LABATE” gang 3 arrests, and a follower placed under house arrest On 13 May 2025, the ROS – with the executive support of the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Reggio Calabria and the Helicopter Squadron of the Carabinieri Cacciatori “Calabria” – coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Reggio Calabria directed by the acting Public Prosecutor, Dr.