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Cetraro
Citrarium— Comune — Comune di Cetraro Location of Cetraro in Italy
CetraroCoordinates: 39°30′N 15°57′E / 39.5°N 15.95°ECoordinates: 39°30′N 15°57′E / 39.5°N 15.95°E Country Italy Region Calabria Province Cosenza (CS) Frazioni Acqua degli Angeli, Angilla, Borgo San Marco, Bosco, Caparrua, Ceramile,Difisa, Lampetia, Malvitani, Manche, Massete, Mulini, Paese (u Paisi), Palazzese, Palazzuola, Rammaticò, San Biagio, San Filippo, San Francesco, San Giacomo, San Pietro, Sant'Angelo, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria di Mare, Santu Ianni, Scevuza, Sinni, Sopra l'Irto, Treselle, Vonella Area - Total 65.67 km2 (25.4 sq mi) Elevation 120 m (394 ft) Population (January 2010)[1] - Total 10,144 - Density 154.5/km2 (400.1/sq mi) Demonym Cetraresi Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 87022 Dialing code 0982 Patron saint San Benedetto Abate Saint day 11 July Website Official website Cetraro (pop. 10,144) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
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Waste dumping off Italian coast: Cetraro case
Main article: Radioactive waste dumping by the 'NdranghetaThe 'Ndrangheta, an Italian mafia syndicate, has been accused by pentito Francesco Fonti, a former member of 'Ndrangheta, of sinking at least 30 ships loaded with toxic waste, much of it radioactive. In 2005, Fonti revealed the conspiracy in the news magazine L'espresso. His statements led to widespread investigations into the radioactive waste disposal rackets, involving Giorgio Comerio and his disposal company, the Odm (Oceanic Disposal Management).[2]
According to Fonti a manager of Enea paid the clan to get rid of 600 drums of toxic and radioactive waste from Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, and the US, with Somalia as the destination, where the waste was buried after buying off local politicians. Former employees of Enea are suspected of paying the criminals to take waste off their hands in the 1980s and 1990s. Shipments to Somalia continued into the 1990s, while the 'Ndrangheta clan also blew up shiploads of waste, including radioactive hospital waste, and sending them to the sea bed off the Calabrian coast.[3]
Fonti revealed that he personally sank three ships and identified a wreck located 28 kilometres off the coast of Cetraro, in Calabria, by environmental workers as MV Cunsky and says he sunk it himself in 1992, complete with 120 barrels of toxic and radioactive waste. He said 'Ndrangheta received £100,000 for the job.[4][5][6]
Fonti had been put on the job by his boss Sebastiano Romeo of the 'Ndrangheta clan from San Luca in collaboration with Giuseppe Giorgi. Another 'Ndrangheta boss involved was Natale Iamonte who sank ships near Melito di Porto Salvo.[7]
This story is still under investigation of the magistracy.
Notes
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^ (Italian) Parla un boss: Così lo Stato pagava la 'ndrangheta per smaltire i rifiuti tossici, by Riccardo Bocca, L’Espresso, August 5, 2005
- ^ From cocaine to plutonium: mafia clan accused of trafficking nuclear waste, The Guardian, October 9, 2007
- ^ Mafia accused of sinking ship full of radioactive waste off Italy, by Nick Squires, The Telegraph, September 16, 2009
- ^ Mafia sank boat with radioactive waste: official, AFP, September 14, 2009
- ^ Shipwreck may hold radioactive waste sunk by mafia off Italian coast, by John Hooper, The Guardian, September 16, 2009
- ^ (Italian) Complotto sotto il mare, by Riccardo Bocca, L’Espresso, September 17, 2009
Bibliography
- Chiese di Cetraro – Storia, arte, fede, pietà popolare nei «nostri» luoghi di culto. Carlo Andreoli – Fabio Angelica. Editoriale progetto 2000. 2007
External Links
Categories:- Cities and towns in Calabria
- Communes of the Province of Cosenza
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