He had woven a series of criminal ties with other clans in the Vesuvian area and the Agro Ncerino but also with 'ndrangheta clans and had become the 'absolute master' of the illicit business between Poggiomarino and the surrounding area. But this morning the criminal rise of Rosario Giugliano 'o minorenne ended with 26 arrests.
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Today, the Carabinieri of the Torre Annunziata Investigative Unit executed an order for the application of the precautionary measure of detention in prison issued by the GIP office of the Court of Naples at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Naples - District Anti-Mafia Directorate - against 26 (twenty-six) individuals, seriously suspected, to varying degrees, of having been part of two distinct criminal organizations.
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Today's provision originates from a broad and complex investigative activity, also structured on the patrimonial profile, coordinated by the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Naples and developed by the Carabinieri Investigative Unit of Torre Annunziata in the time frame between the end of 2016 and February 2020, which involved two criminal associations operating in Poggiomarino, fighting each other for hegemony over the same territory, but capable of seeking and finding a substantial balance in the common supply of narcotic substances on a large scale.
The clan historically already recognized in that territory, attributable to GIUGLIANO Antonio 'o'savariello', lieutenant of the FABBROCINO clan detained in the Nuoro prison, has been joined and opposed by a new criminal entity that arose following the release from prison of the convicted criminal GIUGLIANO Rosario, o'minorenne, only namesake of GIUGLIANO Antonio.
THE RISE OF ROSARIO GIUGLIANO OR MINOR
Historic hitman of the GALASSO clan, GIUGLIANO Rosario returned to the territory of Poggiomarino starting in 2016, initially benefiting from some reward permits and then obtaining release at the end of a long prison sentence.
The aim of GIUGLIANO Rosario was to seek out criminal opportunities and spaces to affirm the autonomy of an indigenous clan, precisely in the knowledge that the dominant clan in Poggiomarino was headed by GIUGLIANO Antonio from Palma Campania and imposed on the territory by the boss FABBROCINO Mario.
Eager for criminal support, GIUGLIANO Rosario entered into alliances with the BATTI of San Giuseppe Vesuviano and with criminal groups from the Nocera Sarnese countryside, in particular with the FERRAIUOLO of Pagani while, by virtue of his ancestry with the powerful MOCCIA clan of Afragola, he claimed greater operational space, repeatedly coming to conflict with the GIUGLIANO Antonio clan, led by his son GIUGLIANO Giuseppe Giuliano. The ambush organized by associates of the GIUGLIANO Rosario clan against the GIUGLIANO Cafeteria on 11.03.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX in the center of Poggiomarino, with shots fired at chest height, is emblematic of this situation of criminal fluidity. The commando acted in the belief that the aforementioned GIUGLIANO Giuseppe Giuliano was inside the bar and with the aim of downplaying his criminal figure.
CONNECTIONS WITH THE PAGANESE
The clan formed by GIUGLIANO Rosario, who for a long time coordinated its activities from prison through his partner CAPUTO Teresa, the boss's messenger to the free promoters, was composed of GIUGLIANO Rosario himself, in the role of leader and promoter, together with his most direct confidants MANZELLA Alfonso, SORRENTINO Cristian, promoters and organizers of the association, and supervisors of the illicit activities in the field of extortion and drug trafficking. In a subordinate position, IERVOLINO Antonio and IERVOLINO Salvatore, took care of the connection between the leaders of the group and the other members of the clan dedicated to the control of the territory and drug trafficking, among which it is appropriate to mention OREFICE Giovanni, NAPPO Giuseppe and MARANO Domenico Gianluca, constituting, among other things, the armed wing of the clan, responsible for committing shootings and intimidating acts.
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORMICOLA CLAN
With particular reference to the association aimed at drug trafficking, emanating from the same clan headed by GIUGLIANO Rosario and to which the aggravating circumstance of mafia facilitation pursuant to art. 416bis1 of the Criminal Code has been attributed, a dense network of cocaine and marijuana dealing has emerged, supplied respectively by members of the FORMICOLA clan of San Giovanni a Teduccio (URIO Giovanni and his son Pasquale) and by the BATTI family. The narcotics were sold through a dense network of pushers also in the Piana del Sele and in Cilento and through unsuspecting people (MINGO Giuseppe, a security guard, DEL Regno Giuseppe, owner of a pizzeria, CIOFFOLETTI Antonietta, an employee at a cleaning company).
The investigation allowed to detect drug trafficking through the seizure of large quantities of marijuana and hashish, with the participation of some women and minors as custodians of the drugs to be sold.
BUSINESS WITH THE PESCE BELLOCCO GANG
In the final part of the investigation it also emerged that GIUGLIANO Rosario, under special surveillance by the PS, had moved the axis of illicit trafficking to Pagani, availing himself of the complicity of his stepson MANZELLA Alfonso, a neo-melodic singer, who through his songs recruited associates and launched invectives against the Police and the Judiciary.
The clan of GIUGLIANO Giuseppe Giuliano was found to be operating above all in the field of supplying narcotics and was found to be in contact with the Calabrian n'drina of the PESCE-BELLOCCO of the Piana di Gioia Tauro, from which it obtained marijuana through ELIA Giosafatte Giuseppe. The narcotic was then transported and guarded by unsuspecting criminals such as DE MICHELE Francesco and DE FILIPPO Adriano, who also used vans for the distribution of coffee as carriers to move the narcotic.
Another sector in which the GIUGLIANO clan has proven to be well established is the laundering of dirty money within numerous companies located even outside the regional borders.
The asset investigations, extended to the family units of the defendants GIUGLIANO Rosario, VIESTI Domenico, CAPUTO Teresa, VORRARO Francesco, OREFICE Giovanni, IERVOLINO Antonio, IERVOLINO Salvatore Tommaso, MANZELLA Alfonso, MINGO Giuseppe, DE MICHELE Francesco, NAPPO Mario, GIUGLIANO Giuseppe Giuliano, DE Filippo Adriano, SORRENTINO Cristian and PISCIOTTA Elia have made it possible to highlight the actual existence of economic availability and monetary flows with reinvestments, including real estate, considered disproportionate to the declared income, documenting the inequalities resulting at the time of each individual purchase and that accrued over the years.
Based on the investigative findings, a precautionary seizure order was issued regarding movable assets (7 motor vehicles and 3 motorcycles), real estate (14 apartments and 8 lands), financial relationships (88 financial relationships and 8 insurance policies), businesses (1 branch of business, 5 shares of share capital as well as the business and instrumental assets of 13 companies), for a total estimated value of approximately 50.000.000,00 euros.
Article published on 19 April 2021 - 12:05