A hard blow to the historic wing of the D'Alessandro clan of Castellammare: 16 leading members ended up in prison.
This morning the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Naples executed an order for the application of the precautionary custody measure issued, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Naples, by the GIP office of the Court of Naples against 16 (sixteen) individuals - of whom 15 are held in prison and one under house arrest - seriously suspected, to varying degrees, of the crimes of mafia-type association, continued and concurrent extortion, illegal possession of common firearms, all crimes aggravated by mafia purposes, for having acted by making use of the intimidating force deriving from belonging to the D'ALESSANDRO clan, operating in Castellammare di Stabia and the surrounding areas.
Today's provision originates from a broader and more complex investigative activity, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Naples and delegated to the Investigative Unit of Torre Annunziata, which covers a broad time frame between 2017 and 2020, where the current operation of the aforementioned association was demonstrated, highlighting a recent and updated picture regarding the structure, roles and illicit activities carried out by the D'ALESSANDRO clan, which has always operated in Castellammare di Stabia and is capable of determining criminal influences also on the neighboring territory of the Lattari Mountains, pertinence of the allied AFELTRA – DI MARTINO clan, and with extensions up to the Sorrento peninsula.
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The investigative activities allowed to reconstruct the criminal structure recomposed, between 2017 and 2018, around the criminal figures with historical militancy such as MOSCA Sergio alias “zì Sergio o'Vaccaro”, D'ALESSANDRO Giovanni alias “Giovannone” and ROSSETTI Antonio alias “Guappone”, interim regents of the clan and members of a directory created ad acta in the absence of high-ranking members of the D'ALESSANDRO family, looking after the interests of the family until the excellent releases from prison that occurred in the subsequent period.
THE ROLE OF LIBERATO PATURZO coco'
Several extortions carried out by the D'ALESSANDRO clan have been documented in its widespread control of the territory, making use of the armed wing constituted by LONGOBARDI Antonio alias “Ciccillo” and BARBA Carmine, who also turned out to be the custodians of the clan's arsenal which was not kept in a single place of custody but divided into different points and known only to them to evade seizures. Another aspect that emerged from the investigations is the use of a building contractor, PATURZO Liberato, known as cocò, dedicated to satisfying the interests of the clan through a series of services such as participation in public tenders, information on the awarding of public auctions, reports of entrepreneurs to approach for the imposition of the racket. The proceeds of the extortions were reinvested in the usury business which multiplied the income.
SEIZURE OF GOODS
At the same time, investigative activities were also developed on the financial profile of the families attributable to the suspects, as a result of which inequalities were found between the income of each and the assets or liquidity in possession. The results of the further investigative activity allowed the GIP at the Court of Naples, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Naples, to issue a preventive seizure order relating to movable assets (no. 6 motor vehicles and no. 2 motorcycles), real estate (no. 2 apartments), financial relationships (no. 11 including current accounts, savings books, securities deposits, credit cards), businesses (no. 3 in the catering, construction and food and beverage supply sectors) and company shares (no. 2 company shares relating to construction companies), for a total estimated value of €6.000.000,00
Article published on March 23, 2021 - 07pm
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