Salvatore Aquino

Who is Salvatore Aquino?

Salvatore Aquino, also known as "Turi", is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria. He is the boss of the Aquino 'ndrina from Gioiosa Ionica. The clan is opposed to the Mazzaferro clan from the same town.

He became a member of La Provincia, a provincial commission of the 'Ndrangheta formed at the end of the Second 'Ndrangheta war in September 1991, to avoid further internal conflicts.

He was arrested on February 13, 1999, in Marina di Gioiosa Jonica. He was sentenced to 15 years for criminal association and international drug trafficking in the Nord-Sud trial in Milan. He was involved in running a heroin lab in Rota d'Imagna in the province of Bergamo that was discovered in 1990.