The carabinieri of the Palermo investigative unit carried out ten precautionary measures - eight in prison, one under house arrest and one suspension from service - in San Giuseppe Jato and San Cipirello.
All are accused of mafia association, extortion aggravated by the mafia method, sale of drugs and unauthorized access to the computer system.
According to investigators, six of the arrested would be part of the San Giuseppe Jato mafia family.
The investigation, which began in 2017, began in the aftermath of the arrests of Ignazio Bruno, head of the mafia district of his driver and adviser Vincenzo Simonetti.
The two men, while they were in prison, would have maintained contact with the other suspects, who would have held the ranks of the mafia family in their absence.
In particular, they would have been in contact with Calogero Alamia (grandson of Antonino Alamia, a top member of the mafia family and already identified as the clan cashier, currently in prison) and Maurizio Licari.
The other suspects for mafia association are Nicusor Tinjala, Giuseppe Bommarito, already sentenced to 10 years and 6 months of imprisonment for mafia-type association and extortion, sentence that became irrevocable in 2006, and the sons Calogero Bommarito and Giuseppe Antonio Bommarito.
Among the people involved there is also the former commander of the municipal police of San Giuseppe Jato (Pa), now retired. The former head of the traffic police is accused of having illegally entered the ACI information system to verify the license plate holder of a vehicle from which construction waste had been illegally dumped in an area controlled by municipal cameras. The public official would have reported the name of the owner of the car to the head of the clan, Giuseppe Antonio Bommarito, to clean up the area and avoid sanctions.
Finally, the measure carried out today also affects Massimiliano Giangrande, who, however, is not charged with the crime of mafia association.
Those arrested are suspected of having exercised control of the territory through extortion and of having illegally awarded the contracts for some works. The organization also ran the local hash dealer.
