Mafia, the rules of the Etna boss: "We are not starving" Dec. 29,2024
ADRANO (CATANIA) – First rule of the Scalisi clan: you must not ask for too low sums to entrepreneurs , if they are wealthy. Because otherwise, if you ask 2,000 euros to an entrepreneur who earns millions, he “takes you for dead of hunger and leaves you for dead of hunger”.
The alleged boss of the clan, Alfio Di Primo, known as “Pisciavino”, reiterates the concept . Or even “Primus”. This is how the police understood him, taking inspiration from his surname, giving the title to the operation that decapitated the Adranita clan. A “big shot”, Di Primo. Strong in a criminal coat of arms that came from his brother-in-law in 41 bis, Pippo Scravaglieri.
The wiretaps The collaborators of justice have spoken about it. But above all, among the evidence against him, there are wiretaps and Trojans installed in cell phones . For this operation, in fact, the DDA has confirmed how fundamental, for the police, are the technologies in the investigative field. Di Primo talks a lot, with the other mafiosi.
The repentant Giarrizzo said he learned from one of the bosses that "until Alfredo Di Primo was released I would have to help him in managing the association and the illicit activities, both concerning drug trafficking and extortion". Then, in practice, when Di Primo would be free - he who was sentenced for mafia and murder - the emergency would be over.
A “big shot” From the wiretaps, it was said, Di Primo emerges as respected and authoritative , within Cosa Nostra. The Scalisi clan is closely tied to the so-called “mussi i ficurinia”, or the Laudani clan. And one of the wiretaps, brief, captures the conversation with another Scalisi man, who however operated in Acireale, not Adrano.
The Acireale representative affectionately calls him “joy”. And he replies “my love, they are waiting”. Then they say goodbye saying “bye bye” and “a kiss”. The gist of the conversation was an appointment at the top of the mafia in the province of Catania. The Acireale representative basically said he was there, Di Primo reassured him that his emissaries were already there waiting for him.
Lace and balances As soon as he got out of prison, Di Primo would have immediately set to work . And to one of his “most faithful”, who the police had installed a “Trojan” in his cell phone that recorded everything, he confided: “At least from what I understand… look, I’m trying to understand something”.
The crux of the matter was the relationship between the clans that rule Adrano, namely the Scalisis and the Santangelos , and the division of the protection money. Di Primo would have tried to enter on tiptoe, but he invites everyone not to make rash decisions, not to "do rude things": "Don't do things that the Lord doesn't want".
The weapons However, there were no doubts about him among the mafiosi: from the environmental interceptions it emerges that they consider him a “direct expression” of the family , of the Scalisis . The group led by Di Primo would also have tried not to fear anyone. And to equip themselves with weapons.
In a wiretap, Di Primo confides to his cousin that he had met some people who were trafficking weapons and that he had offered 50 thousand euros in exchange for “those things” , that is, a batch of guns. These are the intercepted words: “I told him I’ll send you a boy, I’ll get you fifty thousand euros and you bring me some of these things”.
