Major operation against the 'ndrangheta in the province of Cosenza with over 200 arrests coordinated by the Anti-Mafia Prosecutor's Office of Catanzaro.
Carabinieri, police and Guardia di Finanza have executed over two hundred precautionary custody orders issued by the district judge of the capital at the request of the DDA, directed by Nicola Gratteri. Local administrators, professionals, entrepreneurs and members of the Cosenza organized crime are involved in the operation. The restrictive measures were carried out by the Carabinieri, the State Police and the Guardia di Finanza.
There are the names of three political figures in the maxi operation of the Dda of Catanzaro against the 'ndrangheta operating in the province of Cosenza that this morning led to the arrest of 202 people. Above all, the name of the current mayor of Rende and president of Anci Calabria, Marcello Manna, prevails.
Involved with him are the councilor for Public Works of the same municipality, Pino Munno, and the councilor for maintenance and urban decorum of Cosenza, Francesco De Cicco. All three are under house arrest. The investigation also involves well-known professionals from Cosenza. In the sights of the Catanzaro DDA are the main clans of the 'ndrangheta of Cosenza.
At the same time, the GICO Finance Police of the Provincial Command of Catanzaro and the SCICO of Rome carried out the emergency preventive seizure ordered by the PM, which will have to be submitted to the scrutiny of the Judge for Preliminary Investigations, of real estate, companies, corporations, registered movable assets, attributable to numerous suspects, for an estimated value of over 72 million euros. The proceedings for the alleged crimes are currently in the preliminary investigation phase.
The persons subject to the precautionary custody orders are, according to the prosecution, responsible, to varying degrees, for mafia-type criminal association, criminal association aimed at drug trafficking, illicit organization of games of chance and betting, money laundering, self-laundering and fraudulent transfer of goods and valuables.
The seizure order was ordered by the DDA magistrate and is of an emergency preventive nature. Subsequently, therefore, it will have to be submitted to the scrutiny of the district GIP. The seized assets consist of liquid assets deposited in current accounts, companies and various corporations.
Article published on 1 September 2022 - 08:26
