Career
He was the boss of the Rosmini "ndrina based in the city of Reggio Calabria. The Rosmini clan was a protagonist in the (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, Tegano, Libri and Latella clans on the other. He was arrested on December 4, 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 Christan Democrat politician Lodovico Ligato, former head of the Italian State Railways.
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. In March 2001, he received another life sentence.
He is currently in jail.
