Rocco Morabito

Convicted ’Ndrangheta drug trafficker and international cocaine broker extradited from Brazil to Italy in 2022 to serve a 30-year sentence.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, allegations, intelligence assessments and contextual graph links are kept distinct. Cross-border links are added only when supported by documented geography, cases or trafficking structures.

Background

Morabito became one of the most important international brokers associated with the Calabrian ’Ndrangheta.

Criminal network

He was convicted in absentia of cocaine trafficking and mafia association and spent more than two decades as a fugitive.

Major case

After arrest in Uruguay in 2017 he escaped prison in 2019, then was captured again in Brazil in 2021.

Legal outcome

In July 2022 he was extradited to Italy to serve a 30-year sentence.

Graph role

His profile creates a major Italy–South America–European cocaine-distribution bridge, including Milan and the broader ’Ndrangheta network.

Network links

– ’Ndrangheta — member / convicted mafia association – European drug-trafficking networks — major cocaine broker – Calabria — mafia origin / network – Milan — cocaine distribution context

Direct people links

– Roberto Pannunzi — same ’Ndrangheta international cocaine-broker ecosystem; no automatic partnership implied

Sources

– INTERPOL. Fugitive mafia boss extradited from Brazil to Italy (2022-07-06). https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2022/Fugitive-mafia-boss-extradited-from-Brazil-to-Italy – Reuters. Extradited drug lord returns to Italy to serve 30-year sentence (2022-07-06). https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Extradited-drug-lord-returns-to-Italy-to-serve-30-year-sentence-40905755/