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On February 11, 2014 Lupio and six other mob associates were arrested on charges of narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses based, in part, on their participation in a transnational heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy involving the ‘Ndrangheta, one of Italy’s most powerful organized crime syndicates. Among those arrested were New York based Ndrangheta member Raffaele Valente (Lello) and longtime Bonanno associate Charles Centaro (Charlie Pepsi). In Calabria, Italy, as a part of a coordinated operation, Italian law enforcement authorities arrested 17 members and associates of the ‘Ndrangheta who were involved in the narcotics trafficking conspiracy, among other crimes.

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  • Franco Lupoi
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  • On February 11, 2014 Lupio and six other mob associates were arrested on charges of narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses based, in part, on their participation in a transnational heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy involving the ‘Ndrangheta, one of Italy’s most powerful organized crime syndicates. Among those arrested were New York based Ndrangheta member Raffaele Valente (Lello) and longtime Bonanno associate Charles Centaro (Charlie Pepsi). In Calabria, Italy, as a part of a coordinated operation, Italian law enforcement authorities arrested 17 members and associates of the ‘Ndrangheta who were involved in the narcotics trafficking conspiracy, among other crimes.
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  • On February 11, 2014 Lupio and six other mob associates were arrested on charges of narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses based, in part, on their participation in a transnational heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy involving the ‘Ndrangheta, one of Italy’s most powerful organized crime syndicates. Among those arrested were New York based Ndrangheta member Raffaele Valente (Lello) and longtime Bonanno associate Charles Centaro (Charlie Pepsi). In Calabria, Italy, as a part of a coordinated operation, Italian law enforcement authorities arrested 17 members and associates of the ‘Ndrangheta who were involved in the narcotics trafficking conspiracy, among other crimes. The Feds claim that Lupoi sought to use his connections with both ‘Ndrangheta and the Gambino crime family to extend his own criminal reach literally around the globe. They also claim that Ndrangheta’s clan members conspired with members of the Gambino family in New York in an attempt to infiltrate the New York area with their illegal activities. Under the auspices of legitimate shipping businesses, the two criminal groups worked together to establish a plan of moving cocaine and heroin between the United States and Italy. Lupoi’s father-in-law, Italian defendant Nicola Antonio Simonetta, is a member of the Ursino clan of the ‘Ndrangheta. In 2012, Simonetta traveled to Brooklyn and met with Lupoi and an undercover FBI agent, who recorded Simonetta and Lupoi discussing plans to ship narcotics between the U.S. and Italy via the port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria. Lupoi also set into motion a plot to transport 500 kilograms of cocaine, concealed in frozen food, in shipping containers from Guyana to Calabria. If convicted, Lupoi faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. He is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. In October 2015, Lupoi was sentenced to 13 years in prison. References
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