Votive chapel with photos of murdered Camorristi demolished in Naples

Once again the Camorra is combining the sacred with the profane: a chapel votive, today, during the vast operation of the Carabinieri, Police and Guardia di Finanza in the Ponticelli district of Napoli where law enforcement reported 31 arrests.

Among the photos you can also find that of 26 year old Vincenzo Costanzo, considered a leading figure in the Camorra Ponticelli (for the DDA he was the regent of the D'Amico clan) killed in an ambush that took place during the championship celebrations of Napoli. Also found were the images of the brother of the wife of the boss Antonio D'Amico, of the mother of Costanzo and of other alleged affiliates killed in various raids. Among the images present were also those of two young people unrelated to criminal logic, also deceased. The chapel was demolished and the photos returned to their owners.

In the continuation of the operation in Ponticelli, which saw the employment of 300 agents in the Conocal district of Ponticelli, including Carabinieri, State Police and the Guardia di Finanza, Napoli Seven people were reported. Packaging material, counterfeit banknotes, stolen vehicles and spare parts, counterfeit clothing and shoes, a commercial premises, video surveillance systems installed to evade police checks and several vehicles found to be stolen were also seized.

Administrative checks were also carried out to verify compliance with the Highway Code. The joint activity saw the participation of personnel from the Naples Police Headquarters, the Flying Squad, Sisco, the Ponticelli, Poggioreale and Vicaria-Mercato Police Stations, the Campania Crime Prevention Department, the UOPI, the Highway Police, the Scientific Police, soldiers from the 10th Campania Regiment, the Naples Investigative Unit, the Naples Poggioreale Operational Unit, the Naples Poggioreale Company, Anti-Drug Dog Units, the Helicopter Unit and the API team; and also, the Guardia di Finanza with the ATPI component of the Naples Emergency Group, the Dog Units, the Giugliano in Campania Group, the Torre Annunziata Group as well as the 2nd Metropolitan Operational Unit and the Naples Economic and Financial Police Unit. Finally, personnel from the Fire Brigade removed fixed obstacles placed to protect illicit activities.