He’s praying that Rolando is going to Italy as the Zetas’ ambassador to ’Ndrangheta. The wealthiest criminal organization in the world. ’Ndrangheta is based in Calabria, in southern Italy at the toe of the boot, and it makes the older, more famous Sicilian Mafia look like a poor country cousin. Eighty percent of the cocaine that flows into Europe comes through ’Ndrangheta at its port of Gioia Tauro. The organization’s income from drug trafficking is estimated at $50 billion annually, a whopping 3.5 percent of Italy’s gross domestic product. They’re untouchable.
