Usury and lace: blitz of the carabinieri, seven arrests in Palermo
by Francesco Patanè

Victim of the organization, which belongs to the mafia gangs of Villagrazia and Monreale, a merchant from Palermo
DECEMBER 13, 2021
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A Palermo merchant ends up first in the hands of the usurers, then of the extortionists, both belonging to the mafia families of Villagrazia-Santa Maria di Gesù and Monreale. The Carabinieri del Ros this morning carried out seven precautionary measures signed by the investigating judge of the Palermo court at the request of the magistrates of the district anti-mafia Directorate of the Sicilian capital, the deputy prosecutor Salvatore De Luca and the substitute Dario Scaletta.

Five suspects ended up in prison, two under house arrest. All by way of title must answer for extortion (attempted and consummated) and usury aggravated by the mafia method. The seven investigated belong to the Palermo district of Villagrazia-Santa Maria di Gesù and to the Monreale family. The blitz, called Operation Breccia, was triggered this morning after months of investigations by the military of the Ros and the provincial command of Palermo.