It is a real criminal holding that emerged from the investigations of the DDA and which sees the Contini clan at its center, yesterday hit by sixteen precautionary orders with two investigations.
On the one hand, gambling, extortion, and usury run by the Attardo family group; on the other, money laundering, paper mills, restaurant operations, and the management of rental cars in the Capodichino airport area.
And in this second strand we find the boss Alfredo De Feo who, together with Gaetano Ammendola and Vincenzo Madonna , had a leading role within the clan.
A repentant witness said: "I fear for my safety during the various transfers to attend interrogations at the Prosecutor's Office. For example, disembarking at Capodichino Airport prevents me from recognizing everyone who works there, such as the cleaners, because they are employees of Contini clan companies."
The repentant: “Men from the Contini clan work in Capodichino”
The boss De Feo, lieutenant of the clan in San Giovanniello , until 2020 was the undisputed manager of drug trafficking and racketeering and managed the clan's common fund.
The restaurateur Madonna , a loyal follower of De Feo, allegedly managed the reinvestment of illicit capital between Capodichino and San Carlo all'Arena. Ammendola, as reported by Il Roma, was ultimately the alter ego of his father, Giuseppe Ammendola , for whom he acted as an intermediary with the clan's top brass.
Then there's the gambling racket and usurious loans sector . This illicit business is controlled by the kingpin Gaetano Attardo and his close relatives Salvatore Attardo, Pasquale Attardo, Vincenzo Attardo, and Michele Attardo.
The five suspects, all accused of having acted on behalf of the Contini clan, are accused of having acquired the management of the gambling between Vasto and Arenaccia, in the context of which they allegedly practiced extortion, usury, illegal exercise of financial activity and false invoicing to mask the illicit origin of their money.
Gaetano Attardo, Salvatore Attardo, Michele Attardo, Pasquale Attardo and Vincenzo Attardo ended up in prison together with Mario Maietta and Umberto Pisco; under house arrest instead Ciro Presta, Sirenella Mele, Giovanni Esposito, Gennaro and Francesco Patierno, Gennaro Tammaro.
Patrizio Russo, Eduardo Russo, Nino Del Piero, Umberto Bonavita, Abramo Presutto and Carmela Sartori are under investigation at large.
The Attardos are accused of having monopolized gambling and subjected hardened gamblers and struggling entrepreneurs to usury ( among the victims there is also a Neapolitan singer with his own YouTube channel ), while the other suspects are variously entrepreneurs and professionals suspected of having contributed to the ring of false invoices issued by paper companies.
(in the photo the boss Alfredo De Feo)
