The chief prosecutor of Palermo asks the CSM, the DNA and the general prosecutor's office to strengthen the anti-mafia pool. De Lucia strengthens the Prosecutor's Office: ''Mafia not defeated with Messina Denaro''.
"The current numerical size of the DDA continues to be clearly insufficient not only with respect to the expected staff, but above all in relation to the real quantity of work that the district management must carry out".

Still in the orbit of the anti-mafia, investigations continue regarding the contacts between the Sicilian and American Cosa Nostra. Just as the investigative activity continues on drug trafficking which has become forcefully popular again in Palermo in the post-pandemic period. Finally, there is the hunt for Giovanni Motisi, one of the killers of the deputy commissioner Ninni Cassarà, wanted since 1998 and facing a life sentence. Since January 16, 2023, he has returned to the top of the list of wanted fugitives despite having disappeared from radar.