Operation "Primus" Mafia and racketeering, extortion against entrepreneurs and traders: 20 arrests Editorial Staff December 20, 2024 07:01
Twenty people linked to the Scalisi clan of Adrano were arrested, held responsible for mafia association, extortion against entrepreneurs and traders, drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons
Photo from video released by police Catania police, on behalf of the District Attorney's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate, carried out a major operation that led to the arrest of 20 people. The officers of the Catania Police Headquarters' Flying Squad and the Adrano Police Station, coordinated by the Central Anti-Crime Directorate, executed a precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge of the Catania Court.
The recipients of the precautionary measures are accused of crimes such as mafia-type association, extortion, drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. All the crimes are aggravated by the aim of facilitating the activities of the mafia organization to which they belong, identified as the Scalisi clan of Adrano, a branch of the Laudani clan of Catania.
The long and complex investigations have allowed the reconstruction of the current organizational chart of the Scalisi clan, documenting the reorganization of the top roles and the criminal activities of the affiliates. Among the crimes contested, numerous extortions to the detriment of merchants and entrepreneurs in the area, forced to periodically pay the "pizzo" to the clan's tax collectors.
