One conundrum when becoming a gangland boss is it almost always requires some
level of brutality — both for business and for gaining a fearsome reputation on the street
And once on, it can be hard to turn off
That's a thought in this underworld tale, the story of two sons of a reputed crime boss whose
public life of dating celebrities and social media flexing ran aground with outrageous incidents of
unnecessary violence, both in their homeland and after sneaking across the border into America
The Mob Reporter here with news of recent turmoil in the life of a gangster clan whose
specialty, local tabloids declare, is breaking teeth with hammers. Let me tell you about it
Alexandru Pascu is a 24-year-old Romanian man better known at home as Marco Kalu
son of a reputed crime boss. The patriarch, Marcel Kalu, is the kind of guy whose name
is often preceded in the Romanian press by words like "feared" and "notorious" — but
in Romanian of course. He looks a hard man. The youngest son, Marco, likes his Instagram
So does his older brother, Franco. You'll see a lot of their social media posts here to
illustrate their lifestyle, bravado, family ties, and perhaps narcissism
The family seems tight, at least the father and sons do. The boys even have matching hand tattoos
The clan's antics and escapades routinely make headlines at home in Bucharest, Romania's capital
and largest city. The family draws tabloid stories on who the sons are dating and who
they're no longer dating, who they're fighting with and who they are no longer fighting with
Stories of feuds, fights, stabbing, scandals, and an alarming number of references to breaking
teeth. A flurry of headlines recently tittered that all three Kalu men were wanted fugitives
each on a different accusation. Marco, the youngest, was wanted in Romania for a nightclub brawl in
Bucharest, in a washroom at 2:30 in the morning, no less. Marco gets into a lot of trouble in
the early morning hours. He really should get to bed earlier. Court heard that two men were
at the nightclub for a birthday party and were jokingly insulting each other in the washroom
Marco thought they were talking to him and smashed one in the face, who dropped like a stone
The other guy tried to intervene but was slugged in the face — he dropped unconscious to the ground
beside his friend. He was hospitalized for 18 days afterwards. Somebody should get this guy
into a boxing ring. Marco was sentenced to 15 months in prison but when police came to his
home to take him there, he had already skipped town — and the country, in fact. We'll come back
to how Marco's life on the run in the United States went in a moment. His brother Franco
meanwhile, featured in many a tabloid's story for his relationship with singer Otilia Bilionera
a Romanian celebrity appreciated for her steamy music videos and photos as well as for her music
After they split, Franco's headlines took a darker turn. He was accused of attempted murder
Franco and his friend were wanted for a bloody stabbing of an underworld rival outside the
Chinese embassy in Bucharest, in 2018. It was a bad spot for confrontation; it's one patch of pavement
surely to be under video surveillance. The victim was a rival who had squabbled with the Kalu clan
Franco sought shelter across the Atlantic in Nicaragua. He was eventually extradited back
to Romania and last year sentenced to eight and a half years for the attack. As a side note, the
victim of that stabbing, Răzvan Lucan, was famously notorious for a high-flair swindle attempt. He and
two other Romanian men arrived in Italy posing as Russian billionaires and their bodyguard. They
then tried to buy Italian football club A.S. Roma. They failed, of course, and were arrested in Italy
But what a story to have. Both Kalu brothers were publicly named as suspects in a high-profile 2016
incident involving the son of a famous footballer in Romania. The footballer's son refused to pay
back money he borrowed from a third party. When the request for repayment became demands, the guy who
loaned him the money was invited to an apartment to collect repayment — but when he arrived, Franco
and Marco were there, not with money but with a hammer. The man told police he was beaten for hours
The father, Marcel, by contrast was wanted in a corruption probe. That's a charge more befitting
a boss. Now back to young Marco. After fleeing Romania, he traveled to Mexico and headed north
crossing the border into the United States. He didn't get far before being caught in the
Texas borderlands by U.S officials ,in October 2021, near Roma, of all places. He claimed asylum
and was released into the United States pending determination of his immigration status. Somewhere
along the way, Marco got married to a woman almost 10 years his senior. It was a volatile relationship
to say the least. About a year into their marriage, Marco was arrested. It was around four in the
morning in Las Vegas, a city famous for its casinos and nightlife. According to police records obtained
by The Mob Reporter, Marco and his wife shared a home there with others. Here is his mug shot taken
that night. It perfectly highlights his facial tattoo. Shortly after midnight the day before
on May 15, 2022, Marco confronted one of the other residents. She later told police Marco demanded to
know where his wife was. He pointed a handgun at a nearby bedroom and fired a round through the door
The next night, the same woman heard Marco and his wife arguing downstairs. She called police
When cops arrived, the spouse told officers she and Marco had argued and fought on and off pretty much
all day and all night, starting about 3 a.m. when, she said, Marco came home intoxicated. They
fought over where he had been and text messages on his phone. Marco, according to the police report, got
physical. They fought again around midday and again at night, until police intervened. Police
found a nine millimeter shell casing on the floor and a bullet hole in the bedroom door. And a tan
Glock 19 Gen5 with a 33-round magazine. Marco was arrested and charged with domestic battery
and discharging a firearm that could have hurt someone. The police report lists him under both
his names; age: 24, height: 6'4, weight: 250 pounds. His cell phone had a Los Angeles area code. If he
was trying to lie low in the United States this was a huge mistake. By the time of his hearing
on June 2nd, he struck a plea deal. He admitted guilt to a domestic battery and his gun charge
was dismissed. Under normal circumstances he'd probably have been released, but he remained in
custody because of his immigration status. Being a non-citizen convicted of a violent crime with
an arrest warrant from Romania erased all doubt of his status in the U.S. Agents with U.S. Immigration
and Custom Enforcement visited the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on August 26 and
placed him under an immigration detainer. A judge granted Marco Kalu a voluntary departure from the
United States, back to Bucharest, on September 21st. This is him on his way out. Once back home, Romanian
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