The Capobastone is a high-ranking
'Ndrangheta
The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a prominent Italian Mafia-type organized crime syndicate and secret society, criminal society based in the peninsular and mountainous region of Calabria and dating back to the late 18th century. It is considered one of ...
who is in charge of a
'ndrina
The 'ndrina (, plural: ; , plural: ) is the basic unit of the 'Ndrangheta of Calabria, made up of blood relatives, and is the equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia’s "family" or ''cosca''.Varese, How Mafias Migrate'Gratteri & Nicaso ''Fratelli di s ...
.
It is the
Calabrian equivalent for the
Sicilian
Sicilian refers to the autonomous Italian island of Sicily.
Sicilian can also refer to:
* Sicilian language, a Romance language spoken on the island of Sicily, its satellite islands, and southern Calabria
* Sicilians, people from or with origins ...
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Capomandamento
Within Cosa Nostra a mandamento is traditionally a district of three geographically contiguous Mafia cosche
(families controlling a single land feud, or a city ward) in Sicily. A capomandamento represents the head of a territory, the mandamento, ...
''.
Rule
In a 'ndrina, the Capobastone make the most important decisions, and report only at the "
Capo crimine A capocrimine is the elected boss of the '' crimine'', an annual meeting of the 'Ndrangheta ''locali'' near the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi in the municipality of San Luca during the September Feast.Paoli, ''Mafia Brotherhoods'', p. 59
At least ...
", the head of the "
Crimine The crimine is an annual meeting of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in Calabria. The meeting is held near the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi in the municipality of San Luca during the September Feast.Paoli, ''Mafia Brotherhoods'', p. 59 ...
". Sometimes he can take the control of all 'Ndrangheta, but he has to be elected by the various Capibastone.
References
History of the 'Ndrangheta
Organized crime terminology
Organized crime members by role
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