Naples. A 65-year-old tourist visiting Naples was robbed of his wallet after being followed by four individuals. The pickpockets worked as a group, like a veritable "paranza" (fishing gang): they distracted the victim by creating a ruckus until they deftly stole his wallet without him noticing. This strategy and their superior numbers allowed them to exploit the group's strength to ensure their own impunity, should the victim notice the theft and react. The transition from pickpockets to robbers is instantaneous. The modus operandi involves following the "prey" into crowded areas, aboard a bus or train, surrounding them, taking advantage of the crowd, and skillfully pushing them to distract them from the swift action of the person who, with professional skill, snatches their wallet. Yesterday, however, the pickpockets' gang was dismantled by Railway Police officers who noticed the activity and followed the criminals from a distance. So when the pickpockets staged their "show" aboard bus 151, managing to open the victim's fanny pack and steal his wallet containing €580, the Railway Police intervened and arrested them. The four—a woman, AA, 58, and three men, SDM, 48, SA, 55, and GP, 45—are all Neapolitan and already known to law enforcement with specific criminal records. Tried through the fast-track trial, they were all sentenced to one year and four months in prison and placed under house arrest.
Salvatore Giordano's death: sentences finalized for Galleria Umberto I collapse
The Court of Cassation has brought an end to the trial into the death of Salvatore Giordano, the 14-year-old boy who died after being hit by collapsing rubble in the Galleria Umberto I in Naples. The judges of the Fourth Section declared the appeals filed by two of the defendants inadmissible, making the convictions final...
Naples – A two-year-and-four-month-old Neapolitan boy who received a heart implant in recent weeks that was later found to be severely damaged has been placed first on the waiting list for his blood type. The search for a new organ is ongoing not only in Italy but also abroad. The…
Naples– A "trip" to the heart of Naples ended with handcuffs. This is the outcome of an operation conducted Wednesday evening by the State Police, which arrested four young men with no criminal record, aged between 18 and 21, all from Aversa. The entire group is charged with…
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