Savoca was also involved in the NY-Palermo axis (Old Bridge)
Gaetano Savoca, the repentants and the meetings of the "uncle who became a boss"
The arrest of the alleged mafia boss of Brancaccio-Ciaculli THE ARREST by Riccardo Lo Verso 3 min read November 19, 2024, 5:26 PM
PALERMO – Fifty-seven years old, with three convictions for mafia behind him and the accusation of being the new boss. The name of Gaetano Savoca , arrested on charges of having become the head of the Brancaccio district, was part of the list of people involved in the Goldenmarket, Ghiaccio and Old Bridge raids which resulted in as many convictions in 1998, 2006 and 2010.
Gaetano Savoca, “the new boss” His would have been a criminal climb, strong in his kinship ( he is the son of the boss Pino Savoca, brother-in-law of the life-sentenced Andrea Adamo and the man of honor Benedetto Lo Verde ), but also for the "merits" earned on the field. After serving his old sentences, he lived for a period in Cesenatico under special surveillance. Then, in 2018, he returned to Palermo.
The repentants The repentance of Francesco Colletti and Filippo Bisconti , mafia bosses of Villabate and Belmonte Mezzagno, updated Savoca's role. Bisconti knew that "Pino Ficarra could not manage the district because he did not have the qualities to do so, but he managed it with the directives of his cousin Gaetano Savoca".
In particular, Bisconti reported that Ficarra “had made an agreement with all the districts to supply all the areas with concrete” but in exchange “had to give three euros per cubic meter”. Bisconti also said he had met Savoca.
Colletti, on the other hand, did not know him personally but met him indirectly when Girolamo Celesia , another well-known face of the Brancaccio mafia, went to ask for protection money from a furniture dealer.
That Savoca would hold a top role, according to the Palermo District Anti-Mafia Directorate, would emerge from his decision to " suspend" Gaspare Sanseverino from his role as a racket collector. "You have to stop," Celesia would have told him, as Sanseverino himself told a friend, Sergio Giacalone.
“Uncle Gaetano” Giacalone suggested that Sanseverino talk about it with “the uncle”, whose name was revealed “his name is Gaetano, you know, right?”. Then a series of references to other people, including Andrea (Andrea Adamo ed.) that would allow us to identify “Gaetano” as Gaetano Savoca.
The investigation documents include a series of shadowings carried out by the agents of the Flying Squad. “I’m going to the dentist,” Giuseppe Arduinio said to his wife. In reality, it was a way of saying that he was about to leave for a private meeting.
The meetings Piazza Strauss, via Filippo Di Giovanni, cortiggio Vaccaro, Via Gran Inghilterra, via Svizzera are just some of the addresses where meetings took place between Gaetano Savoca, Giuseppe Arduino , already convicted of mafia and returned to prison last March, Giancarlo Romano (murdered last year at Sperone), Tommaso Militello (also arrested in the meantime).
Sometimes Savoca and Arduino were photographed exchanging packages. Other times they were intercepted while talking about things to sell, percentages to disappear and people who had to leave. They talked in the open air, walking in public gardens so as not to be intercepted.
There were small and large issues at stake. Like when a woman believed she had been wronged by her ex-husband and turned to Margherita Riccobono, the wife of Tommaso Natale's boss, Michele Micalizzi, who allegedly implicated Gaetano Savoca.
