Massive anti-'Ndrangheta raid, 41 arrests: even the well-known mayor under house arrest

A major anti-'Ndrangheta operation was carried out this morning, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, by the Carabinieri of the ROS Special Operations Group, the Special Operations Group, and the Cosenza Provincial Command. Forty-one measures were implemented, including the mayor of Corigliano-Rossano. Details of the raid are available below.

Anti-Ndrangheta raid: 41 measures, including house arrest for the mayor of Corigliano-Rossano.

This morning, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Carabinieri officers from the ROS Special Operations Group (Raggiamento Operativo Speciale), the Cosenza Provincial Command, and the Cosenza Provincial Command conducted a major anti-Ndrangheta raid . A total of 41 people were arrested, 24 of whom are in prison and 17 under house arrest. Among those under house arrest is reportedly the mayor of Corigliano-Rossano di Avs, Flavio Stasi , serving his second term as mayor.

The warrant also names Damiano Pepe , the man believed by investigators to be a Cassano boss, who was at the center of an ambush in Lattughelle di Cassano all'Ionio on October 24th, in which he was injured. His wife, Silvana Sibarelli, was killed in the same ambush. Over thirty rounds from long weapons, possibly including a Kalashnikov, had been fired at them outside the gate of their home as the couple was returning home by car.

Anti-Ndrangheta Blitz in Calabria: The Allegations of Crime

As we've just seen, this morning the Carabinieri conducted a major anti-Ndrangheta raid , resulting in 41 arrests, 24 of whom were in prison and 17 under house arrest, including Flavio Stasi, the mayor of Corigliano-Rossano di Avs. The order, issued by the Catanzaro investigating judge at the request of the Anti-Mafia Directorate, alleges, to varying degrees, the crimes of mafia association, murder, possession and carrying of weapons, extortion, robbery, theft, fictitious registration of assets, procuring evasion of sentence, aiding and abetting illegal immigration, aggravated by mafia methods or purposes, as well as a mafia-related electoral pact.