Platì
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immagine:Plat%C3%AC-Stemma.png
region =Calabria
province = Reggio Calabria (RC)
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area_total_km2 = 50
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 3836
population_density_km2 = 77
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|38|13|N|16|03|E
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telephone = 0964
postalcode = 89039
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website =Platì ( _gr. Platy, "large") is a town and "
comune " (municipality) in theprovince of Reggio Calabria , inCalabria , southernItaly . It is located next to theAspromonte National Park. The town is well known for itsbread .'Ndrangheta stronghold
Plati is notorious for being a center of the powerful
'Ndrangheta , the Calabrianorganized crime organization. The wealth of the crime families is well hidden, and the municipality is officially the one with the lowest per capita income in Italy. In a large scale operation in the night of 13 November 2003, thousands of "carabinieri " stormed the town, discovering hidden underground rooms and hallways and arresting 131 people. [de icon [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/ausland/artikel/572/69503/print.html Im Schattenreich der Krake] , "Süddeutsche Zeitung ", February 3, 2006]The tunnels are sophisticated and in some places large enough to drive a lorry through. Most of the passages run parallel to the town's sewer system. Remote-controlled trap doors lead into houses, some of them uninhabited, enabling the mafiosi to escape from the police at a moment's notice. Some of the tunnels emerge outside the town close to woodland, while others open into animal pens and barns on local farms. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/vast-underground-mafia-stronghold-found-in-calabria-650023.html Vast underground Mafia stronghold found in Calabria] , The Independent, July 31, 2002]
Platì is home to the Barbaro, Marando, Papalia and Sergi 'ndrine. Seven of Plati's mayors have failed to finish their terms: two were killed while still serving, while another five were removed from office on suspicion of corruption. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/30/wcosa30.xml Mafia lair stormed by 1,000-man hit team] , The Daily Telegraph, November 29, 2003]
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