| name = Lo Presti crime family

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| caption = [[Rocco Lo Presti]], historical 'Ndrangheta boss of [[Bardonecchia]]

| founded by = [[Rocco Lo Presti]]

| founding location = [[Bardonecchia]] in the province of [[Turin]], [[Italy]]

| years active = 1960s-present

| territory = [[Piedmont]], [[Bardonecchia]], [[Susa Valley]], [[Turin]], [[Marina di Gioiosa Ionica]]

| ethnicity = Calabrian

| leaders = '''Luciano Ursino''', Giuseppe Ursino

| allies = [[Mazzaferro clan]], [[Salvatore Aquino|Aquino 'ndrina]], [[Inzerillo family]], [[Gambino crime family]], [[Rocco Zito|Zito family]], [[Cotroni crime family]], [[Domenico Tripodo|Tripodo 'ndrina]]

The '''Lo Presti family''' of [[Bardonecchia]] is a clan of the [['Ndrangheta]], a mafia-type organization originally from [[Marina di Gioiosa Ionica]] in [[Calabria]] with criminal base in [[Bardonecchia]] in [[Piedmont]], [[North Italy]]. In [[Calabria]] they are known as Maneja family.{{cn|date=August 2023}} The clan has closely related to the [[Mazzaferro clan]]. Initially created as an integral to the [[Mazzaferro clan]], it became a faction and later a family of its own.{{cn|date=December 2023}} It's the family of the [['Ndrangheta]] hegemonic in the area of [[Val di Susa]] together the [[Mazzaferro clan]].

<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150411111240/http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=4ab4e66b8841083da64a5e8021cddf167a9e063b Il progetto politico del clan Lo Presti] ''[[La Stampa]]'' October 6 2008 (In Italian)</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150409063623/http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=6d74eb06d2f3e9603793effa8945492af33578d5 Attacco finale al clan Lo Presti] [[La Stampa]] October 19 2007 (In Italian)</ref>

The Lo Presti family had connections with all the most important [[mafia]] families of [[Calabria]] and [[Sicily]]. Also had business relations with the [[Inzerillo family|Inzerillo-Gambino-Spatola-Di Maggio]] of [[Palermo]], through which he made alliances overseas with the [[Gambino crime family]] of [[New York City]], and with the families of the [['Ndrangheta]] in [[Canada]], of [[Rocco Zito]], Michele Racco, Cosimo Stalteri in [[Toronto]] and [[Vic Cotroni]] in [[Montreal]].<ref>[http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1499_02_1974_0078_0005_21151380/ Questi gli undici nomi dei boss di Bardonecchia] [[Stampa Sera]] (In Italian) April 3, 1974</ref><ref>[http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1112_01_1974_0071_0004_21471873/ Ecco l'esplosivo dossier sulla mafia in Valle di Susa] [[La Stampa]] (In Italian) April 3, 1974</ref>

According to a justice witness, in recent years, the relationship with the [[Mazzaferro clan|Mazzaferro]] cousins has cracked and Lo Presti has approached and allied with the [[Salvatore Aquino|Aquino family]], rivals of the [[Mazzaferro clan]]. The family is currently{{as of?|date=August 2023}} governed by the nephews of [[Rocco Lo Presti]], the brothers Luciano and Giuseppe Ursino.<ref> [https://win.piemontemese.it/pm_archivio.asp?articolo=989&archivio=2011_03&offset=52 'Ndrangheta in Piemonte] (In Italian)</ref><ref>[https://torinocronaca.it/news/news/154043/a-bardonecchia-ce-una-ndrina-preso-il-nipote-del-boss-lo-presti.html A Bardonecchia c'è una 'ndrina preso il nipote del boss Lo Presti] March 2, 2018 (In Italian)</ref><ref>[https://reggio.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/cronaca/2022/05/13/minacce-dal-carcere-per-riavere-un-locale-scoperto-nipote-di-un-boss-della-ndrangheta-d1c51fb2-8788-47f1-9c78-1069d7655024/ Minacce dal carcere per riavere un locale scoperto nipote di un boss della 'Ndrangheta] [[Gazzetta del Sud]] (In Italian) May 13, 2022</ref>

In 1993, nephew Giuseppe Ursino along with 15 other people were arrested in Bardonecchia for the trafficking of arms and drugs. Exponents of the [[Cataldo 'ndrina]] from [[Locri]] and [[Commisso 'ndrina]] from [[Siderno]] are also involved and arrested.<ref>[http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,39/articleid,0784_01_1993_0117_0039_11088276/ Droga e traffico d'armi] [[La Stampa]] 29 April 1993. (In Italian).</ref>

Since 2000, the criminal structures in [[Bardonecchia]] changed. Lo Presti named his successors, his favourite nephews, the brothers Luciano and Giuseppe Ursino. Soon after, Luciano Ursino entered into business relations with the brothers Adolfo and Aldo Cosimo Crea, originating from [[Stilo]], [[Calabria]], emerging bosses of the [['Ndrangheta]] in [[Turin]].<ref>[https://www.quotidianopiemontese.it/2011/06/09/ndrangheta-in-piemonte-chi-comanda-a-torino-i-crea-eredi-dei-belfiore/ 'Ndrangheta in Piemonte. Chi comanda a Torino. I Crea eredi dei Belfiore] (In Italian) June 9, 2011</ref>

In 2003, on the eve of the 2006 [[Winter Olympic Games]] in Turin, he began to talk about tenders in [[Val di Susa]]. The Works Director of the [[Turin]]-[[Bardonecchia]] highway ([[Autostrada A32 (Italy)|Autostrada A32]]), and the Turin Agency for 2006 Winter Olympics, received envelopes with bullets. The Ursinos managed to bribe a [[police inspector]] who informed them about the investigation and gave them a scanner to find [[wiretap]]s.<ref>[https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2004/03/10/proiettili-per-le-olimpiadi.to_009proiettili.html?ref=search Proiettili per le Olimpiadi] [[La Repubblica]] March 30, 2004. (In Italian).</ref>

In April 2004, the Ursinos approached a politician to try to obtain [[European Union]] funding, and set up a million dollar [[usury]] ring. Among the victims of usury, was a political figure, who denounced the organization, and in November 2006 [[Rocco Lo Presti]] was arrested along with his Ursino nephews.<ref>[http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=fa800b3e04cbdba45a8a38fdf9ec24f91d6f8636 L'usuraio arrivava da Bardonecchia] [[La Stampa]] 7 November 2006. (In Italian).</ref><ref>[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/11/08/il-vecchio-boss-suoi-eredi.html Il vecchio boss e i suoi eredi] [[La Repubblica (quotidiano)|La Repubblica]] 8 November 2006. (In Italian).</ref><ref>[http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=7574a6848ba082c844fbae799d72d6111ddff754 Gli Ursino i nipoti del boss] [[La Stampa]] 6 October 2008</ref><ref>[http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=0a9a7e83b925777a0904e2156b11e5c3be8e1099 Gli Ursino puntavano ai fondi di Bruxelles] [[La Stampa]] 6 October 2008. (In Italian).</ref>

In February 2018, Giuseppe Ursino and Ercole Taverniti were arrested for extortion and criminal mafia association, and seized all commercial activities, bars and restaurants.<ref>[https://www.lastampa.it/2018/03/01/cronaca/sequestrati-bar-e-ristoranti-degli-ndranghetisti-due-arresti-9UX3dZzhrzSv0CWYh6hXUN/amphtml/pagina.amp.html Sequestrati bar e ristoranti degli ‘ndranghetisti: due arresti] [[La Stampa]] 1 March 2018. (In Italian).</ref><ref>[https://www.torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/03/01/news/bardonecchia_carabinieri_arrestano_due_vecchi_boss_della_ndrangheta-190074970/amp/ Bardonecchia, carabinieri arrestano due vecchi boss della ‘Ndrangheta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301131145/http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/03/01/news/bardonecchia_carabinieri_arrestano_due_vecchi_boss_della_ndrangheta-190074970/amp/ |date=2018-03-01 }} [[La Repubblica (quotidiano)|La Repubblica]] 1 March 2018. (In Italian).</ref><ref>[https://torino.corriere.it/cronaca/18_marzo_01/mafia-torinese-val-susa-arrestato-nipote-boss-presti-7b956dec-1d5b-11e8-816c-92c77108475f_amp.html Mafia nel Torinese e in Val Susa: arrestato il nipote del boss Lo Presti] [[Corriere della Sera]] 1 March 2018. (In Italian).</ref><ref>[https://www.cronacaqui.it/provincia/a-bardonecchia-ce-una-ndrina-preso-il-nipote-del-boss-lo-presti.html A Bardonecchia c’è una ‘ndrina: preso il nipote del boss Lo Presti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303111045/https://www.cronacaqui.it/provincia/a-bardonecchia-ce-una-ndrina-preso-il-nipote-del-boss-lo-presti.html |date=2018-03-03 }} Cronacaqui 2 March 2018. (In Italian).</ref><ref>[http://www.valsusaoggi.it/bardonecchia-dopo-gli-arresti-parla-il-sindaco-il-nostro-paese-e-immune-dalla-mafia/ Bardonecchia, dopo gli arresti parla il sindaco: Il nostro paese è immune dalla mafia] Valsusaoggi 2 March 2018. (In Italian).</ref>

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*[http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=0a9a7e83b925777a0904e2156b11e5c3be8e1099/ Gli Ursino puntavano ai fondi di Bruxelles] [[La Stampa]] 6 ottobre 2008

*[http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=7574a6848ba082c844fbae799d72d6111ddff754 Gli Ursino i nipoti del boss] [[La Stampa]] 6 ottobre 2008

*[http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=4ab4e66b8841083da64a5e8021cddf167a9e063b Il progetto politico del clan Lo Presti] [[La Stampa]] 6 ottobre 2008