An investigation coordinated by the Asti Prosecutor's Office has led to the arrest of four people accused of criminal conspiracy to traffic cell phones and drugs into Italian prisons. The criminals used high-tech drones to deliver mini-phones, smartphones, SIM cards, and chargers to inmates. The turnover was estimated at €100 in just over a month.
The investigation began with a police patrol check in Asti last October. The deliveries were discovered in prisons in Asti, Saluzzo, Catania, Ascoli, Benevento, Teramo, and Siriano Irpino.
Four people were arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy. The operation, which involved mobile squads from the police stations of Naples, Agrigento, and Viterbo, uncovered deliveries in prisons in Asti, Saluzzo (Cuneo), Catania, Ascoli, Benevento, Teramo, and Siriano Irpino.
Those arrested are Simone Iacomino, already imprisoned in Agrigento, Veronica Virgilio and Salvatore Sbrescia, residents in the province of Naples, and Vasll Dziatko, in the Viterbo area.
The phones were lowered from a height of 30 meters, tied to a wire, after the trafficking organizers and an inmate already in contact with them had established the times and methods of delivery. Often the phones were destined for inmates affiliated with criminal organizations.
During the investigations it emerged that drugs were also delivered together with cell phones. The chief prosecutor of Asti, Biagio Mazzeo, stressed that this is not the first case in which drones have been used in criminal activities and highlighted the need to equip Italian prisons with technological defense tools to counter the use of these technologies by criminals.
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The collaboration of the prison police was crucial to the investigation, which led to the discovery of twelve drone deliveries in Italian prisons.
The use of drones to smuggle illegal items into prisons is a worrying and growing problem. Italian prisons are not equipped to counter the use of these technologies. This situation must be addressed by equipping prisons with technological defense systems.
The police chief of Asti, Marina Di Donato, praised the work of the flying squad and the penitentiary police:
"Cooperation between law enforcement agencies was essential in bringing down this gang."
The Asti investigation exemplifies the need to strengthen security in Italian prisons and combat the use of new technologies by criminals.
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