German authorities and Italian anti-mafia police had been watching Giorgi — known as “Bacetto,” or “Little Kiss” on the Encrochat encrypted phones network.
A rising figure in Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta criminal organization, he was based a two-hour drive away in the picturesque lakeside town of Überlingen, where he ran an Italian eatery frequented by tourists.
While Bacetto’s restaurant hasn’t always earned the best reviews from diners, he does get high marks from investigators for his other business — managing a multi-million-euro cocaine pipeline from Latin America to Europe.
Back in the ‘Ndrangheta’s spiritual home of San Luca in Italy’s southern Calabria region, the Giorgis — known as “Boviciani” to distinguish them from other local Giorgis — had hammered out alliances with top ‘Ndrangheta families to form a cartel of drug buyers.
From his base in southern Germany, Bacetto extended the network to include international gangs who wanted in on the action.
The ‘Ndrangheta’s reach stretches well beyond Europe, to Colombian and Mexican cartels.
Through brokers in Paraguay and Uruguay — with logistics provided by a feared prison gang in Brazil — they ship drugs to the ports of Antwerp in Belgium, Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Hamburg in Germany, often via West Africa. Once the cocaine hits northwestern Europe, the Italians take control.
Bacetto and other central characters in the following case are still awaiting trial, and allegations outlined by police sources and in official indictments have not yet been proven in court.
Multiple attempts to contact a legal team known to have represented the Giorgis have gone unanswered.
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