An 'Ndrangheta cold-case murder has
been solved after 23 years and three suspected members of the
Calabria-based mafia, Italy's richest, most powerful and
dangerous criminal organization, have now been arrested,
authorities said Wednesday.
The three suspects, who were not named, were identified on new
DNA analysis and have been charged with the homicide, aggravated
by mafia methods, of 34-year-old Giuseppe Castiglione, a member
of the Giglio-Levato-Valente clan, on January 29 2000 at
Strongoli near Crotone.
As well as the DNA, police relied on testimony from informants,
one of them one of the alleged killers who has since turned
State's evidence.
The murder was part of a turf war between warring 'Ndrangteta
clans, police said.
'Ndrangheta controls much of Europe's cocaine trade.
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