Naples. Votive chapels of saints and madonnas, built illegally by the area representatives of the Contini clan, to exploit, even in a sacrilegious manner, criminal power and thus collect money through begging.
This also emerges from the investigation conducted by the Carabinieri of Naples and coordinated by the DDA which yesterday led to the arrest of 11 top members of the Vasto Arenaccia gang.
The Camorra's tendency to combine the sacred with the profane dates back decades, but in recent times, as the informers have said, in addition to being a fashion and a status symbol, it had also become a business.
And speaking of the Contini clan, two years ago the police dismantled some of them. The one who spoke about the phenomenon was repentant Teodoro De Rosa.
” … In the various streets there are also several votive chapels, each of which refers to a local referent; and the presence of this specific chapel indicates that the single procession is dedicated to that chapel and that the money collected goes to the families of the mafioso of reference of the chapel.
It happens that a single procession makes several stops in front of different chapels and thus collects money destined for the different mafia families to which the individual votive chapels refer.
He collects this money Gennaro Manetta together with two twins who have nothing to do with the clan but take the money for the processions; they are from the family…,omissis…; in addition they prepare the religious flags to be used in the processions; they are flags that bear the names of the various mafia families: Bosti, Contini, etc.
“The money from the collections goes directly to the bosses”
These flags are kept in the churches, managed by the priests. I will indicate the location of the various chapels:[…] still in the Rione Amicizia, Genny Manetta's chapel in the illegal garden of his house.[…] I cannot think of the names of the parish priests involved, except that of a certain Don Gaetano who was at the Friendship district and he even made us have clan meetings in church by giving us the keys to the church.
The Madonna dell'Arco association is managed by Manetta, Maglione Ciro, Tettuccio (brother of Ciro Maglione); by the Granata family; by my uncles Pietro and Salvatore De Rosa; or 'pè (his surname is Procopio), relative of Galletta Luigi.
They have their headquarters in a space inside the church of Rione Amicizia, where they keep the flags with the names of the bosses. They are also able to indicate the colors of the flags.{…} These priests have a relationship with the mother of the Aietas. Maurizio Scapolatiello of the ambulances is also in this association.
Returning to the question of the authorization of associations; for at least 15 years the consent of the priests has become necessary to create and manage these associations. It is Gennaro Manetta, as far as I know, who collects the money and takes care of having this consent.
These associations of the Madonna dell'Arco up to 10 years ago were all abusive, that is, they had no recognition. I know because I was there too. These associations of the Madonna dell'Arco up to 10 years ago were all abusive, that is, they had no recognition.
I know because there were also votive chapels that represent a referent of the clan area were erected in a completely illegal on public land. For example, under Gennaro De Luca's house there is the chapel he had built; it is a chapel of the Madonna dell'Arco; while Luigi Galletta has Padre Pio.
And each of these referents is keen to have the chapel because when they go on collections they collect money that goes to the local referent of the clan. [...] Returning to the list: - the chapel of De Luca Giovanni, brother of De Luca Gennaro known as or muntato in block 8 of the Amicizia district ... ".
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Article published on 13 June 2024 - 21:22
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