“Security Service” of Salerno Nightclubs: Violence and Threats, 5 Arrested

They terrorized the managers of night clubs in the Piana del Sele and the city of Salerno with intimidation and violent actions in order to obtain the management of the security of the clubs. The Carabinieri of the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Command of Salerno have executed a precautionary custody order against 5 people, two in prison and three under house arrest, as they are seriously suspected of continued and aggravated illicit competition in commerce, using the mafia method to impose their services. In addition, two suspects ended up in trouble for the crimes of illegal possession and carrying of a firearm. With real punitive expeditions, the managers of the clubs were forced to accept the staff imposed by the criminal group to allow the evenings to proceed smoothly both outside and inside the clubs. The criminal group wanted to obtain hegemonic control over the management of the night clubs of the Sele plain and Salerno, to the point of planning the killing of the owner of another agency operating in the same sector, which was not carried out because the man in charge of the murder refused and is one of those arrested today. Beatings, punches and slaps. This is how the suspects tried to take over the security service of the Battipaglia night clubs, exploiting in particular the criminal "career" of one of the members of the group