The Lo Presti 'ndrina is originally from Marina di Gioiosa Ionica in Calabria with its criminal base in Bardonecchia in Piedmont, North Italy.
The infiltration of the Lo Presti family in the public administration led in 1995 the President of the Italian Republic to dissolve the municipal council of Bardonecchia, giving the alpine town the sad record of first and only municipality in Northern Italy dissolved for alleged mafia infiltrations.
[8] 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.
[9][10][11][12] In February 2018, Giuseppe Ursino and Ercole Taverniti were arrested for extortion and criminal mafia association, and seized all commercial activities, bars and restaurants.