Diego Rosmini (born 16 July 1927), also known as ''Direttore'', is an Italian criminal and a member of the

'Ndrangheta The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a mafia-type organized crime, criminal syndicate originating from the Calabria region of Italy. Gratteri & Nicaso, ''Fratelli di Sangue'', pp. 65–68 This body, also referred to as the Commission in reference to the ...

, a

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-type organization, in

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. He was the boss of the Rosmini 'ndrina based in the city of

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.Sentenza procedimento penale Olimpia
, Tribunale di Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999 He was born in

Second 'Ndrangheta war

The Rosmini clan was a protagonist in the

Second 'Ndrangheta war The Second 'Ndrangheta war was an internal struggle in the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal organisation in Calabria (southern Italy). The conflict raged from 1985–1991 in Reggio Calabria. Practically all the 'ndrine in Reggio Calabria grouped into eith ...

(1985–1991), which grouped all the 'ndrine in the city of Reggio Calabria into either one of two opposing factions: the Condello, Imerti, Serraino and Rosmini clans on one side, and the

De Stefano 'ndrina The De Stefano 'ndrina, or the De Stefano family or De Stefano-Tegano family, is one of the most powerful clans of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina hailed from the Archi neighbourhood in Reggi ...

, Tegano, Libri and Latella clans on the other. Gratteri & Nicaso, ''Fratelli di Sangue'', pp. 65-68

Arrest and convictions

Rosmini was arrested on 4 December 1990, and received a life sentence and an additional 15-year sentence for murder and Mafia association. In 1998, he received a life sentence for ordering the killing in 1989 of the

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politician

Lodovico Ligato Lodovico Ligato (; 15 August 1939 – 27 August 1989) was an Italian Christian Democrat politician from Reggio Calabria and the former head of the Italian State Railways. He was killed by the 'Ndrangheta – the Calabrian equivalent of the Mafia. ...

, former head of the

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. Ligato demanded a 10 percent bribe on public work contracts, jeopardizing agreements already reached among a so-called "business committee" of local politicians and 'Ndrangheta groups.Italian politicians implicated in Mafia murder
The Independent, December 7, 1992 In March 2001, he received another life sentence.
La Repubblica, March 13, 2001 Rosmini is currently in jail. His nephew Diego Rosmini, known as junior (he was born in 1955), took over the leadership of the clan.

References

* Gratteri, Nicola & Antonio Nicaso (2006).
Fratelli di Sangue
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