Torretta boss Rosario Piccirillo, known as "O' Biondo," and his son Antonio—who in the past had distanced himself from his father's policies, even becoming a symbol of the battle against the clans—were arrested by police following a pre-trial detention order for attempted extortion aggravated by mafia methods.
According to the charges, they allegedly made extortionate demands against entrepreneurs who manage the moorings for pleasure boats at the Mergellina docks.
In particular, Antonio Piccirillo, presenting himself as an emissary of his father - currently in prison and a well-known member of organized crime in the area - allegedly threatened the victims to obtain the exclusive management of some mooring buoys and, in some cases, even the hiring of compliant personnel.
Furthermore, in some cases, they allegedly demanded exclusive control of boats moored at the victims' buoy fields, intended for rental. Despite his involvement in anti-Camorra demonstrations and his declared detachment from the criminal underworld, Antonio Piccirillo was arrested on the serious charge of attempted extortion aggravated by mafia methods.
The order, issued by the preliminary investigations judge of Naples at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA), involves magistrates Mariangela Magariello and Celeste Carrano.
Among the victims also the tiktoker Rita De Crescenzo
Among the victims of the attempted racket was TikTok user Rita De Crescenzo and her husband, who managed some of the moorings in question. Antonio Piccirillo allegedly posed as his father's representative to the victims, threatening them and demanding exclusive management of specific mooring areas, including the hiring of trusted staff and monopoly control of certain charter vessels.
Despite this accusation, Piccirillo had participated in several initiatives against the Camorra, publicly declaring his detachment from organized crime and taking part in an anti-Camorra sit-in in May 2019, following the wounding of little Noemi in an ambush in Naples.
Antonio Piccirillo ran for the Municipality in 2021 in support of Alessandra Clemente
In 2021 he also ran as a municipal councilor in the Naples administrative elections, supporting the former deputy mayor and current municipal councilor Alessandra Clemente.
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