Tags: Criminal.
Francesco Barbaro (Platì May 13 1927) ) also known as U’Castanu is a boss of the ‘Ndrangheta a Mafia-type criminal organisation based in Calabria Italy. Born in Platì he is the head of the Barbaro ‘ndrina. He was known as the king of kidnapping in the 1980s. 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.