Pasquale Condello

Powerful Reggio Calabria ’Ndrangheta boss captured in 2008 after roughly two decades as a fugitive.

Editorial standard

Convictions, acquittals, appeals, allegations and police assessments are kept separate. Sentence information is case-specific and sourced.

Background

Condello was one of the most feared senior bosses in Reggio Calabria.

Network

Investigators linked his network to extortion and cocaine trafficking.

Major case

He played a major role in historic ’Ndrangheta conflicts.

Legal status

Police captured him in 2008 after nearly two decades as a fugitive.

Graph role

His profile strengthens the historic leadership layer of the Calabrian mafia graph.

Network links

– ’Ndrangheta — senior boss – Arrest of Pasquale Condello — captured after two decades as fugitive – Reggio Calabria — criminal base – European drug-trafficking networks — cocaine trafficking context

Direct people links

– No direct person edge added without stronger sourcing.

Sources

– The Guardian. Calabrian mafia boss caught after 20 years on run (2008-02-19). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/19/mafiaboss.caught – The Guardian. Godfather's arrest fuels fear of bloody conflict (2008-02-24). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/24/internationalcrime.italy

Connected records

How to read the network

Documented network

’Ndrangheta (organization): Documented historical association with ’Ndrangheta.

Domenico Condello (person): Both were senior figures associated with the Condello ’ndrina.

’Ndrangheta (organization) is recorded in the canonical graph as senior boss, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Arrest of Pasquale Condello (event): captured after two decades as fugitive

Reggio Calabria (location) is recorded in the canonical graph as criminal base, documented status, 90% confidence. This is the stored relationship and should not be expanded beyond what the source record supports.

Timeline and case connections

Structured events are kept separate from general biography so later audits can update a date, conviction, organizational change, killing or court outcome without rewriting unrelated material.

Documented event. This milestone is retained as a structured timeline connection in the Master record.

Documented event. This milestone is retained as a structured timeline connection in the Master record.

Date not specified in current profile sources — Arrest of Pasquale Condello. captured after two decades as fugitive

Status and record

The structured birth record lists 1950. The death record lists a documented death.

Source record

The current Master package attaches the following evidence sources to this profile: – Most dangerous fugitives captured under the special search programme — Arma dei Carabinieri, Tier 1. – Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission hearing on ’Ndrangheta structures and families — Camera dei Deputati, Tier 1. – La leggenda fondante, il lessico e i silenzi della ’Ndrangheta — Treccani, Tier 2. – Calabrian mafia boss caught after 20 years on run — The Guardian, Tier 2. – Godfather's arrest fuels fear of bloody conflict — The Guardian, Tier 2.

Each source supports only the claims tied to it. Structured source references remain attached so later audits can trace timeline and relationship records back to evidence.

Evidence and editorial boundaries

For living subjects especially, legal claims and current status require dated sourcing. Future expansion should therefore come from stronger records or newly processed canonical entities rather than unsourced crime lore.

How this profile fits the archive

The current source package includes Most dangerous fugitives captured under the special search programme; Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission hearing on ’Ndrangheta structures and families; La leggenda fondante, il lessico e i silenzi della ’Ndrangheta; Calabrian mafia boss caught after 20 years on run; Godfather's arrest fuels fear of bloody conflict. These records define the safe editorial boundary for the page. A later pass should prioritize new primary documents, court outcomes, dated organizational changes, prison history or newly processed books and screen works rather than adding generic background.