Singer, Mobster's Widow Held In Naples Mafia Swoop
By AFP - Agence France Presse
October 17, 2023

A local singer and a mafioso's widow were among 27 people arrested Tuesday during a crackdown on members of the Naples mafia, who named one of their businesses after the Sicilian mob.

Neapolitan crooner Antonio "Tony" Colombo and his wife Tina Rispoli, the widow of assassinated "Camorra" boss Gaetano Marino, are suspected of working with the clan of jailed mobster Marco Di Lauro, police said.

Among the clan's investments was a ready-to-wear line entitled "Corleone", after the Sicilian town whose name was used for the fictional Mafia family in "The Godfather" films.

In the same spirit, the clan was also said to have launched an energy drink called "9 mm", a common size of ammunition for handguns.

Colombo, 37, announced his retirement from singing in 2020, a year after he married Rispoli, who was widowed when her mobster husband was gunned down on an Italian beach in 2012.

Colombo's latest song, "Ti aspetto all'Altare" ("I'm waiting for you at the altar), has nearly 60 million views on YouTube.

Among the 27 suspects targeted in Tuesday's operation was also a driver from the anti-mafia prosecutor's office, police said.

Here's one for you Hollander, not the most recent, but here goes:

THE CAMORRA & SACRA CORONA UNITA TEAM UP IN FUEL-SMUGGLING SCHEME, 37 ARRESTED & $56 MILLION IN ASSETS SEIZED
April 12th, 2021

Finance and military police carried out precautionary measures for 45 people as part of an investigation, conducted by the Dda of Potenza and Lecce, on the infiltration of the Casalesi clan of the Camorra and the Cicala clan of the Sacra Corona Unita in the hydrocarbon sector through nominees and tax evasion. The operation was carried out between the provinces of Salerno, Brescia, Naples, Caserta, Cosenza and Taranto.

The Casalesi cartel, rooted in Caserta but with ramifications practically everywhere, and the Cicala clan of the Sacra Corona Unita, originally from Taranto, in Puglia, had infiltrated the hydrocarbon sector, upsetting the market with fraud on excise duties and VAT and with intricate systems of false headers to circumvent controls. This emerges from the investigation coordinated by the Anti-Mafia District Directorates of Potenza and Lecce, which led to personal and real precautionary measures for 45 people to the report on the loose for another 71 suspects.

Of the precautionary measures, 26 are in prison, 11 under house arrest, 6 prohibitions of residence and 2 prohibitions of the suspension from the exercise of two members of the Corps for 6 months. The operation began in the early hours of today, April 12, carried out by the soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza of Taranto and Salerno and by the carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Salerno between the provinces of Salerno, Brescia, Naples, Caserta, Cosenza and Taranto. In addition, seizures of properties, companies, warehouses and fleets of articulated lorries, ordered by the investigating magistrates of Potenza and Lecce, were carried out against the 45 suspects, for a total value of approximately 50 million euros. The accusations are, for various reasons, of criminal association aimed at the commission of fraud on excise duties and VAT on mineral oils, fictitious registration of goods and companies, money laundering, self-laundering and use of money of illicit origin.

The investigation, we read in a note signed by the public prosecutor of Potenza, Francesco Curcio, and by the Lecce counterpart, Leonardo Leone De Castris , "confirmed how big organized crime and national mafias, by now, are financed if not in via exclusive, absolutely prevalent way, in one with drug trafficking, through these illicit smuggling activities which, in actuality, have reached gigantic proportions, which had never been reached in the past ".

In Taranto, investigators discovered, the organization revolved around the figure of Michele Cicala, who has ties to members of the Catapano-Leone clan from Taranto. The group, "using an innovative fraudulent know-how in the hydrocarbon smuggling sector, consolidated its business with that of criminal groups operating for some time in the same sectors with companies that already had their own market". He had thus allied himself with the other group, the one operating in the Vallo di Diano, between Basilicata and Campania.

"Basically - explain the Prosecutors - huge quantities of fuel for agricultural use were sold, which as known benefits from particular tax concessions, to subjects who then placed it on the normal market for transport, very often using the so-called white pumps". In practice, the Taranto group provided the Campania / Lucanian group with the names of agricultural entrepreneurs, unaware of all, to whom the companies fictitiously invoiced the sale of agricultural fuel; in reality the product was sold illegally to other economic operators who then placed it on the market, earning about 50% of the actual cost of each liter of petrol.

The group had also devised a system to prevent agricultural entrepreneurs from discovering the scam: "through computer mechanisms, they deceived the telematic system of the Revenue Agency , which was unable to deliver the electronic invoice to the fictitious customer / farmer apparent recipient of the caraburante who, therefore, remained unaware of the fake sale operation carried out using his name ".

The product came out of the tax warehouses with false documents attesting to the transport of agricultural fuel. In case of control by the police, the group used the same stratagem of the organization unveiled a few days ago in Rome: a pump was activated through a device that injected the dye into the vehicle's tank, changing the color and making it look like the agricultural one. Once it arrived in the commercial depots of the suspects, the truck stopped to simulate the unloading of agricultural fuel and the loading of that for transport, and then left again with false documentation. Once reached the final deposit, the transaction was not registered and therefore the black sale was completed. According to the magistrates, this activity yielded about 30 million euros every year.

On the Lucanian side, the investigations focused on the fuel companies of the Petrullo Group, led by Massimo Petrullo, which in recent years had experienced an exponential increase in turnover and investments. It emerged that the economic boom of the company coincided with the entry into the corporate companies of " members of the well-known Caserta family of Diana (of San Cipriano d'Aversa), who had invested in the company, in hidden form, capital from, with reasonable certainty and in any case at the level of circumstantial gravity, from previous illegal activities, especially in the waste trafficking sector, activities of very significant dimensions in relation to which Camorra boss Raffaele Diana had been challenged at the time by the Public Prosecutor of Naples, the aggravating circumstance of the facilitating purpose of the Casalesi clan ".

Over time, the magistrates point out, the Diana family had assumed a predominant role, so much so that Petrullo, now ousted from control, had tried to secretly agree with the Tarantini and had " even hired a killer to kill Diana, an attempt later abandoned " ; the disagreements had not resulted in a war "only because of the mutual interest in not raising excessive alarms about the illegal activities perpetrated, extremely profitable for both sides".

Among the illegal conducts, also "the participation in a tender for the supply of fuels in favor of the Consortium for the Reclamation of the Tyrrhenian Cosentino Basins, awarded through an irregular agreement, guaranteed by the proximity to a representative of local crime, able to impose itself even in a different territory from that of election. The full involvement in this episode of an employee of the Consortium, now subjected to house arrest, has been confirmed ". Finally, the complicity of a carabiniere was discoveredwho allegedly provided the group with information on the investigation in exchange for some cans of fuel which it then resold; the soldier, after the emergence of the elements against him, had already been transferred to another province in non-operational assignment in November 2019.

The operation follows another one in a few days that was carried out by the Guardia di Finanza between Campania, Lazio and Calabria and which revealed the interests of the Camorra (in particular the Moccia clan) and the 'Ndrangheta in the same sector; in that case the pivotal point of the investigation was the heiress and singer Anna Bettozzi who, according to the accusations, with the funds arrived from the Camorra had raised the fortunes of her company, Max Petroli, and had destabilized the market with a round of false invoicing and fulfillment.

That was a good racket Liggio, this bust also showed how powerful they are and far removed from the streets of Gomorrah.

Italian Police Arrest 16 Judges, Confiscate $1.3 Billion Of Assets In Enormous Anti-Mafia Move
Adam Taylor Mar 19, 2012, 4:42 PM CET
Naples, Italy
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Police have reportedly arrested at least 16 judges in an operation centered on the Italian city of Naples, the BBC reports.

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Those arrested are thought to be linked to the Fabroccino Camorra clan, one of Italy's most notorious criminal organizations.
Corrierre.it describes those arrested as "at least sixteen tax magistrates, eight tax tribunal officers, a prominent lawyer who also teaches at university, and an accountant".

Around 60 people in total have been arrested, apparently for links to tax corruption. AGI.it is reporting that 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in assets has also been seized in the operation.

We've seen multiple reports that Italian organized crime has increasingly been moving away from traditional areas, such as drug running and protection rackets, into more sophisticated financial crimes. At the start of this year one anti-mafia group argued that in affect the Italian mob had become the largest "bank" in Italy.

I never saw 1 billion seizure from Camorra , i think it never happened before. With Sicilian mafia and 'Ndrangheta yes , but Camorra never.

Actually I have, people think that the Camorra are nothing but street gangs, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's a huge misconception. I'll try to find the other bust that involved over a billion.

I can't find the other billion euro asset seizure right now, but here's some more that are impressive:

$673 MILLION IN CAMORRA ASSETS SEIZED
May 10th, 2011

Italian police say they have seized assets worth 600m euros (£526m) in the latest action against the Camorra. They include nearly 1,000 properties, 200 bank accounts, and several companies said to belong to the Mallardo clan associated with the Camorra, the Neapolitan-based Mafia. Several people suspected of being members of the group were arrested.

Police say the syndicate is involved in several businesses - from betting shops to pharmaceuticals. The assets include "around 900 properties, 23 companies, and 200 bank accounts" allegedly belonging to the Mallardos. Among those arrested was Feliciano Mallardo, the suspected clan boss.

"The clan's companies had seized control of entire economic sectors: from the production and distribution of coffee to betting shops to the wholesale trade in drinks and pharmaceutical products," police said. The clan also set up "numerous real estate companies" around Rome. Barely a week goes by now without another major operation against Italy's various organised crime syndicates.

In the past year, Italian authorities have changed their tactics by going after the assets of the crime syndicates. In another operation last month, they took control of more than 40 properties, 60 plots of land, nearly 200 vehicles, and 2 football clubs being used by the mob to boost their support. The aim is to weaken the mob's financial structures, making it difficult to earn money for themselves and to pay others.

Then there's this one:

$540 MILLION IN CAMORRA ASSETS SEIZED
February 5, 2014

Around $540 million was seized in Tuesday’s sting targeting the Zaza clan of the Camorra organized crime group in Italy. Colonel Renato Chicoli of the anti-Mafia bureau in Rome said, “The investigations started 5 years ago in 2009 around Ciro Smiraglia, an entrepreneur who managed a huge flow of money in Rome.” He said Smiraglia, who was arrested on February 4th, is the nephew of the deceased organized crime boss Michele Zaza, the founder of the Zaza clan.

The clan’s current leader is Salvatore Zaza, who is serving a term in Tolmezzo jail. Stefano Zaza, Salvatore Zaza’s son, was arrested in Naples. Police also arrested a nurse working in Tolmezzo jail for allegedly smuggling a SIM card to allow the elder Zaza to “keep working” from jail. 2 members of the Naples police force are under house arrest because of the sting.
Police linked a network of companies to Smiraglia, indicating that Rome is still one of the major destinations for the money the Zaza clan collects from drug smuggling and extortion. Police have arrested 28 people and are still seeking 1 fugitive. All of them are charged with organized crime association, fraud, and extortion.

“The operation was actually an attack on the clan on 2 fronts,” explained Chicoli. “In Naples the police arrested 13 people, all members of the clan, that kept the Fuorigrotta neighborhood under control through extortion and drug smuggling. That money went to Rome, where Smiraglia made it grow.”

In Rome, Smiraglia’s network allegedly included 2 officials of the Agenzia delle Entrate tax collecting authority, who helped the group evade taxes from cars brought in from Germany, a bank director who gave inside information on potential clients, and a number of Smiraglia’s relatives.

Among the seized goods is property in Rome, Gorizia, Genova, and Caserta. Police have seized 20 companies, including those involved in the construction, hotel, car sales, financial management, gambling, and racehorse management industries.

In Rome, authorities seized 3 4-star hotels (the G Hotel, the Abitart, and the Bellambriana) as well as the smaller Joy Hotel and Mood club, a center city disco, because they believed they are under the Zaza clan’s control. Authorities also seized dozens of bank accounts, several cars, a large yacht, and 18 racehorses, some of which are sons of the champion “Varenne.”

Then there's this one:

$23 MILLION IN COSA NOSTRA ASSETS SEIZED; $67 MILLION IN CAMORRA ASSETS SEIZED
July 15, 2018

Sicilian police moved to confiscate an array of assets including 65 properties and 19 cars from a notorious Mafia boss as authorities underlined the new Italian government's pledge to crackdown on organized crime. Police published pictures of a villa with a vast swimming pool and panoramic views overlooking Palermo, one of a handful of assets worth as much as €21 million (£18 million) seized from Mafia boss Pietro Formoso.

Formoso is a prominent mobster from the Misilmeri clan of Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia, who made his money from international drug smuggling and forcing Sicilian supermarkets to use meat supplied by the underworld.

Gen. Giancarlo Trotta, the commanding officer of the finance police who seized the assets, said: “This is a new blow against Mafia infiltration of the legal economy and against the Mafia that damages companies who respect the rules.” This will go some way in underlining the new populist Italian government’s claim to be spearheading a new crackdown on organized crime. Formoso was arrested before the coalition of the League and the 5 Star Movement took office.

Matteo Salvini, the Interior Minister and leader of the hard-Right League party, earlier this month called television crews to film him swimming in another gangster’s confiscated pool in Tuscany to highlight his determination to fight crime gangs - though that villa had been seized as long as seven years ago.

In Caserta in the province of Naples police in a separate operation early last week seized assets worth an estimated €60 million from 2 Neapolitan mobsters from the Camorra, Gaetano and his brother Silvestro Balivo, aged 54 and 64, confiscating 5 construction and medical companies, accounts in 14 banks, 13 cars and more than 100 houses and pieces of land. Mr. Salvini commented on the latest the Naples seizure by tweeting “the Mafia disgusts me”. Italian authorities seized crime assets worth an average of €1.6 billion euros per year from 2010 to 2014, l'Espresso magazine reported.

Then this one:

19 MEMBERS OF THE CAMORRA ARRESTED AND $17 MILLION IN ASSETS SEIZED

Hard blow to the Camorra of Villaricca. A maxi operation conducted by the Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza led to the arrest of 19 people affiliated with the Ferrara-Cacciapuoti clan.

The people who ended up in pre-trial detention, after the order issued by the investigating judge of Naples, are investigated for Mafia-type criminal association, extortion, violations of the legislation on weapons and drugs and attempted murder, crimes all aggravated by the purposes of facilitating the clan. During the operation by the Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza, various companies were also seized for a turnover of approximately 16 million euros. The companies operated in the most disparate sectors: real estate, construction, hydrocarbons, cafeteria and catering, and sale of foodstuffs.

And this one:

29 MOBSTERS FROM THE CAMORRA ARRESTED; $143 MILLION IN ASSETS SEIZED
October 3, 2008

Italian police arrested 29 people in the Naples area Tuesday in a crackdown on the Camorra after the killings of an Italian businessman and 6 African immigrants earlier last month. They had arrested 3 suspects in the September 18th murders.

“The war against the Camorra will continue until it is done,” said Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, whose government last week ordered 500 troops to the Naples region for 3 months to assist in the crackdown. Maroni said last week that the Camorra had declared war on the Italian state.

Casalesi Clan Suspected

The September 18th murders were allegedly committed by the Camorra’s feared Casalesi clan in the town of Castelvolturno. An Italian was killed at an arcade, and at an African-run boutique, 6 Africans from Ghana, Liberia, and Togo were shot dead. The BBC reported that the killings may have been the Camorra’s response to foreigners moving in on its lucrative drug trade. Police raided small coastal villas near Naples and rounded up the 3 suspects, and found 2 AK-47 assault rifles, pistols, police uniforms, and other disguises. Another suspect in the murders was arrested on September 22nd.

Prosecutors had issued more than 100 arrest warrants on Tuesday, about 70 of which were issued for people already convicted of crimes or awaiting trial in jail. Police then arrested several people suspected of holding high rank in the Casalesi clan, including Guiseppina Nappa, the wife of Francesco Schiavone, whom investigators suspect of running the group from jail. She is accused of taking monthly payments that the Camorra pays to the families of jailed members. Police also took control of buildings and seized assets valued at €100 million ($143 million).

This one:

$18 MILLION IN ASSETS SEIZED FROM CAMORRA-LINKED BUSINESSMAN IN ITALY & ROMANIA
August 31st, 2021

Italian police on Tuesday seized some 16 million euros in assets from a Salerno businessman allegedly linked to the Naples-based Camorra crime group.

Roberto Squecco has been convicted of crimes that favoured the Camorra's Marandino clan.

The assets were seized in Italy and Romania. It is the first time that an EU measure on mutual recognition of seizures has been applied, said anti-crime central director Francesco Messina. "We are now able to address the offshoring of Mafia assets," he said.

And this one:

OVER $50 MILLION IN ASSETS SEIZED FROM MOB-TIED BUSINESSMEN IN THE TRANSPORT AND WASTE SECTORS
February 23rd, 2023

Police seized assets worth 50 million euros from the businessmen of transport and waste sectors, Michele and Giovanni Fontana, close to the Casalesi clan, Zagaria faction, of the Camorra. Giovanni Fontana is also close to Camorra drug lord Raffaele Imperiale.

Then there's this one:

$340 MILLION IN ASSETS CONFISCATED FROM THE CAMORRA
January 24, 2014

On Wednesday, Italian police issued more than 90 arrest warrants in a nation-wide operation against the Camorra, a Mafia-style organization that originated in Naples. Authorities also seized $340 million of its assets. Police said the operation, dubbed “Operation Aracne” from the Greek word for “spider,” gave a mortal blow to one of the most prominent clans within the Camorra, the Contini clan.

In Rome, Operation Aracne led to the closing of more than 20 restaurants and pizzerias. Most were managed by the Righi family, who prosecutors believe control the Contini clan’s money laundering operations.

According to Direzione Investigativa, Camorra godfather Edoardo Contini created a financial empire over the past 20 years by successfully distributing cocaine in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Naples.

In the Naples region, police seized 49 Contini owned companies and 28 estates, and froze more than 500 bank accounts. Contini business in this region was managed by the Di Carluccio family, who were involved in the oil industry. Seizures were also made in Tuscany, where the Camorra allegedly had a network of clothing businesses.

In the Apulia region, the investigation is still ongoing, and focuses on the Gallipoli football club. Authorities believe the Righi family paid an opposing team a $68,000 bribe in 2008 so the Gallipoli club would be promoted to a higher football league division.

Operation Spider shows how organized crime has penetrated the Italian economy. It follows an October 2013 report from Coldiretti, a national food organization which claims that about 5,000 restaurants in Italy are controlled by organized crime.

The office of Franco Roberti, Italy's national prosecutor in the fight against organized crime, said that the legitimate businesses created by the Contini crime family in the food, clothes distribution, and gas station industries were essential for allowing the clan to successfully earn illegal profits and avoid scrutiny. Police say the Contini clan also spread their influence through extortion, loansharking, and cocaine and heroin trafficking overseas.

I just posted 7 different huge asset seizures against the Camorra. All the big groups in Italy are interconnected now, probably more so today than ever before. The media loves to talk about this group gaining more power over that group but the truth is they really all work together oftentimes on joint ventures.

If I could just remember the name of that big Camorra businessman I could probably find the other billion euro seizure. If memory serves me well I think he was even killed.

Here's one that involves over a billion euros from 2011, but it wasn't the one I was talking about:

Police seize one billion euros in mafia assets

Italian police have seized assets worth around one billion euros (1.5 billion dollars) from the Polverino mafia clan based in the Naples region, including companies, land and yachts, police said Thursday.

A police operation on Tuesday netted 39 alleged clan members on charges including extortion, drug trafficking and illegal financial dealings.

Two of those arrested were candidates from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ruling People of Freedom party in upcoming local elections.

The arrests are the fruit of a joint investigation between Italian police and the Guardia Civil in Spain into the activities of the Polverinos.

Investigators said the clan controls a major drug trafficking network in the northern suburbs of Naples, supplying the Italian market from Spain.

The Naples crime syndicate, the Camorra, is a vast and wealthy organisation that is heavily involved in the drugs market and controls large parts of the construction and retail industries in the southern Italian region of Campania.

Interesting Liggio we are nearing the end of the year, so expect some major busts in Italy the coming weeks.

Caserta: flying squad arrests regent of the Casalesi clan
October 20, 2023
He was considered the new regent of the Casalesi clan. The agents of the Caserta flying squad arrested the boss Emilio Martinelli this morning, in execution of a precautionary custody order in prison, issued by the investigating judge office of the Court of Naples, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate. He is accused of mafia-type criminal association. The provision arose from the investigations carried out by the Caserta flying squad, coordinated by the Naples DDA, during which elements emerged which made it possible to reconstruct the reorganization of the Casalesi clan and the links between the different confederate groups, each operating in their own area . After a first operation in 2021, subsequent investigations made it possible to ascertain that the Casalesi clan, despite the convictions reported by some exponents and the decision of others to collaborate, has always continued to be operational, around the new generations of the Schiavone and Bidognetti, with an important role played by Emilio Martinelli , son of Enrico , a leading element of the Schiavone faction currently detained at 41bis. During the investigations of the Caserta flying squad, it emerged that Martinelli junior assumed the role of true regent of the Casalesi clan for drug trafficking, extortion against traders, car rental and scams relating to the 110% bonus in the territory of San Cipriano di Aversa. Together with five other people, already in prison for some time, but with a very specific role also in the management of the arsenal available to the clan, including revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, Kalashnikovs and UZI model machine guns.

Emilio Martinelli

As always , a lot of big busts november/december.

I was wrong, the bust I was thinking of didn't involve a billion, but 700 million. But if you put it in dollars it's close to a billion. It was Camorra businessman Dante Passarelli.

I'm familiar with the 'Sugar king' the Passarili's are from casal di principe, in February the confiscation of assets against Biagio, Gianluca and Davide Passarelli, heirs of Dante Passarelli, has been annulled. The Court of Appeal declared the statute of limitations for the crimes. There is also no place to proceed for Vassallo. Carmine Vassallo pocketed sums of money deriving from the rent of seized goods.

Extortion and drug trafficking, 14 arrests between Benevento, Caserta and Avellino
They are under investigation for mafia-type association, extortion, illegal possession of weapons. Precautionary measures were also carried out in Potenza and Catanzaro
08:36

Carabinieri operation
Since the early hours of the morning, a vast operation by the Carabinieri of the Benevento Provincial Command has been underway in various municipalities of the Caudina Valley and in the provinces of Avellino, Caserta, Potenza and Catanzaro.

The military, with the help of canine units, are carrying out a precautionary custody order in prison issued by the investigating judge of the Court of Naples, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate against 14 people seriously suspected, in various capacities, of criminal association mafia type, as well as crimes of extortion, damage, possession of explosive material, illegal possession and carrying of weapons and association aimed at illicit trafficking of narcotic substances, all with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method.

Greek fish farming and its smuggling mafia

30.10.2023 • 09:35
Zombie companies, unlicensed units, widespread smuggling and debts of millions of euros make up the dark side of Greek fish farming, not to mention the extensive theft of fish from aquaculture installations.

It is estimated that between 7,000 and 10,000 tons of fish are traded illegally, as they are not recorded in accounting statements.

These are the quantities of fish that are allegedly channeled into the market, inside and outside of Greece, without documents, with the scammers making use of the good old Italian mafia networks, mainly those located in Naples, and the transactions are almost exclusively conducted in cash.

The son of the Camorra super fugitive Cinquegranella (74) was arrested last week in Genua, he was among the members of a well-known bar on the seafront. Six people of Campania origin living in Genoa, subjected to investigations for having committed in concert with each other the crime of fraudulent transfer of values, originally contested with the aggravating circumstance referred to in art. 416-bis.1 for having committed the crime referred to in art. 512-bis of the Criminal Code to facilitate the mafia-type association called Camorra.


Since 2002 Renato Cinquegranella is wanted for mafia-type criminal association, murder, illegal possession of weapons and extortion.
In the 1980s he was linked to the Nuova Famiglia and also accused of giving refuge in his villa in Castel Volturno to terrorists belonging to the Red Brigades. Since 2019, Renato Cinquegranella is the most wanted fugitive belonging to the Camorra.

Lo Russo's brother-in-law killed for slapping the boss in prison, the story of the repentant

https://internapoli.it/omicidio-pasquale-bevilacqua-lo-russo-boss-schiaffi/

18 arrests for mafia infiltration at Caivano
Public contract winners victims of Camorra racketeering
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(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 1 - Italian police on Wednesday arrested 18 people in a probe into suspected Camorra mafia clan infiltration in the crime-ridden Naples area town of Caivano, which hit the headlines and prompted government action after the teen gang rape of two cousins aged 10 and 12 last summer.
Caivano town council was already dissolved for mafia-related offences on 16 October.
This latest alleged infiltration is related particularly to the management of public works contracts, judicial sources said.
Police said the criminal organisation was able to obtain confidential information from public administrators regarding the awarding of contracts so that they could address extortion demands to the winners.
The government this summer issued a Caivano decree aimed at curbing youth involvement in Mob activities, setting jail time for parents who fail to stop their children truanting.
A whole raft of measures was aimed at fighting mafia and drugs related crimes in the town, which is seen as a test bed for many towns in particular in southern Italy.
photo: Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi chairs recent public order meeting at Caivano with prosecutor Nicola Gratteri and Naples Prefect Claudio Palomba (ANSA).

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/ge...a565490-f348-4fb4-abf6-54673d070e52.html

NEWS CASAL DI PRINCIPE
The family members of the Casalesi bosses paid by the clan: "Zagaria group excluded from the list"
The revelations of the repentant Salvatore Orabona end up in the information against Martinelli jr

Alist of affiliates of the Casalesi clan restricted to 41bis who were to be paid a monthly salary of 2500 euros. This is what was established by the leaders of the criminal association during a meeting. Justice collaborator Salvatore Orabona spoke about it during an interrogation in 2016.

The summit was attended by, among others, Giacomo Capoluongo, Emilio Martinelli (recently hit by a precautionary custody order), Salvatore Fioravante and Orabona himself. "We agreed in that meeting that we had to deliver the salaries that they had not received for some time", said the justice collaborator who specified the complaints represented by the families of the prisoners who had not received their salaries since the arrest of Carmine Schiavone, son of Sandokan .

The families of the bosses at 41bis were included in the list - drawn up by Giacomo Capoluongo: Francesco Bidognetti, alias Cicciotto 'e Mezzanotte; Francesco Schiavone Sandokan, his cousin of the same name known as Cicciariello, Enrico Martinelli (Emilio's father), Elio Diana, Raffaele Diana known as Rafilotto, Sebastiano Panaro and Vincenzo Schiavone known as Petillo. They would have been paid the sum of 2500 euros per month.

The Zagaria group was not included in the list because the family itself stated that it did not want to have contact with us as it feared that there could be, following our operations, arrests and regrets, in any case they had absolutely no financial difficulties".

Blitz in Scampia against the Abbinante clan, 37 arrests
Cc investigations, leading members of the gang also in handcuffs
NAPLES , 07 November 2023, 09:29

ANSA editorial team

The Carabinieri of the Napoli Stella Company are executing a precautionary order issued by the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Naples, at the request of the DDA, against 37 people referable in various capacities to the Abbinante clan, operating in the Neapolitan district of Scampia.

Among these, the recipients of the measure are also the last prominent exponents of the Camorra cartel, at liberty until today, who would have used the family name to assert their strength in the neighborhood.
The suspects are accused, in various capacities, of the crimes of mafia-type criminal association, association aimed at illicit trafficking of narcotic substances, extortion, illegal possession and carrying of weapons, illicit production, trafficking and possession of narcotic substances.

All crimes aggravated by the mafia method and purposes.

Ambush in the clan's fort, an 18-year-old seriously in hospital
by Luigi Nicolosi
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Sat 11 November 2023 08:56

The fort of the Casella clan is the new epicenter of the interminable feud in East Naples. After the numerous incidents recorded in recent months, last night in Via Franciosa there was bloodshed which unfortunately had been in the air for some time now. The one who got the worst was a boy of just 18 years old, Daniele Frassanito, originally from Taranto but domiciled in Ponticelli, already known to the police archives despite his very young age.

They hid 7,700 kg of marijuana in their house: two arrests in Salerno
They are 71 year old CD and 66 year old AM, both residents of the city and accused of possession for the purpose of trafficking of narcotic substances
During a house search, carried out by the Carabinieri of the Operational and Radiomobile Unit and the Dog Unit of Sarno, they were found in possession of 4 bags containing a total of approximately 7,700 kg of marijuana.

71 and 66 years old with 4 bags of weed lol

Yeah, no offense, I love your posts Hollander, but that was hardly newsworthy lol.

Did yall miss the part that said 7700 kilos of weed?

LOL, let's say the wholesale price is up to €6000. That's 4.62 million euros.

Wait , i thought it said 7 kilos , not 7 tons , what the f*ck.