10 Facts About Natale Iamonte

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Natale Iamonte, sometimes spelled as Jamonte, was an Italian criminal and a historical boss of the 'Ndrangheta.

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The Iamonte 'Ndrina is based in Melito di Porto Salvo and Montebello Ionico on the Ionic coast of Calabria.

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Natale Iamonte was a member of La Santa, a secret society within the 'Ndrangheta, introduced in the early 1970s to maximize the power and invisibility of the most important bosses.

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Natale Iamonte became a member of the Camera di Controllo, a provincial commission of the 'Ndrangheta formed at the end of the Second 'Ndrangheta war in September 1991, to avoid further internal conflicts.

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Natale Iamonte rose to power by killing the local Ndrangheta boss Giuseppe Trimarchi in the 1960s.

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Natale Iamonte was involved in radioactive waste dumping by the 'Ndrangheta, sinking ships near Melito di Porto Salvo.

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Natale Iamonte was sent in internal banishment in 1988 to the north of Italy.

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Natale Iamonte stayed in Desio with his relative Natale Moscato, a local town councillor for urban planning with the Italian Socialist Party.

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The Natale Iamonte clan started to invest their illicit profits in the area.

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Natale Iamonte was succeeded by his sons, Vincenzo and Giuseppe Iamonte, who were arrested in May and July 2005.