Maxi anti-mafia blitz of the DDA, which executed 31 precautionary measures between Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Alessandria and Genoa. 29 ended up in cells, two under house arrest. The investigation has shed light on the organization chart of the families of the districts of Ciaculli and Brancaccio, which includes clans such as Corso dei Mille and Roccella.
The Cosa Nostra bosses, wingmen and soldiers have been identified who have carried out dozens of extortions against traders and entrepreneurs and managed the dealing squares in the area. At least 50 documented extortions , the victims range from the small illegal street vendor to the large-scale distribution operator. Not even a seller of sfincione, a typical Palermo focaccia, was spared.
THE MASKS - There is Cosa Nostra also behind the theft of twenty cartons with 16 thousand Ffp3 masks stolen and resold in full Covid emergency.
REAL ESTATE MEDIATION - The mafia also imposed mediation on the purchase and sale of properties in the area. In order to conclude real estate deals, citizens were forced to accept the intermediation of the suspects considered by the investigators to be real extortions.
WATER - The octopus's tentacles also extended to irrigation water to supply the farmers. Water that was taken directly from the "San Leonardo" pipeline, owned by the "Consorzio di Bonifica Palermo 2". The men of the Ciaculli mafia family diverted the water from the pipes by channeling it into their own tanks, and then redistributing it to the peasants in the Ciaculli-Croceverde Giardini and Villabate countryside.
The drug trafficking business, an important item in the budget of Mafia families, is inevitable. From the "six market squares of the Sperone", all directly managed or in any case controlled by the members of the clans, the estimated revenue calculated is about 80 thousand euros per week. In the course of the investigation it emerged that the gangs obtained drugs from Calabria.
