In Pagani, in a clandestine workshop hidden within the walls of an industrial warehouse, the police discovered a real crime factory. Scattered work tools, dripped paint and disjointed car parts made up a disturbing picture.
The mechanics, caught red-handed, were busy replacing frames and license plates of stolen vans, erasing every trace and rebaptizing them with new identities. Each vehicle, once it left that workshop, would become an impossible puzzle to solve, a ghost ready to vanish into thin air.
In Sarno, in a garage hidden among the narrow streets of the historic center, the carabinieri surprised two men intent on methodically dismantling two cars stolen a few days earlier in Vietri sul Mare and PontecagnanoThe cars, still covered in mud and with broken windows, bore witness to the haste with which they had been taken away by their rightful owners.
A meticulous investigation, coordinated by the Nocera Inferiore Prosecutor's Office, has allowed us to reconstruct the operating methods of the two criminal organizations, linked by a single objective: the lucrative business of laundering stolen cars. The investigations, which lasted months, led to the seizure of numerous vehicles, including luxury cars, vans and small cars, all destined for a new life, far from their origins.
Four arrests have put an end to the criminal activity, but the shadow of money laundering continues to loom over the territory. The police remain vigilant, ready to strike new blows against a phenomenon that continues to claim victims among motorists.
Article published on 30 October 2024 - 12:55
