The boss's phone call from prison to the mayor of Poggiomarino

There is also a video call between the boss Rosario Giugliano (in prison at the time) and the mayor of Poggiomarino, the lawyer Maurizio Falanga among the documents of the investigation that led to the house arrest of the mayor, his deputy Luigi Belcuore and the entrepreneur Franco Carillo.

The investigation into the political-mafia vote-trading in Poggiomarino, conducted by the Carabinieri of Torre Annunziata and coordinated by the DDA of Naples, was also supported by the statements of some collaborators of justice.

It was Giovanni Orefice himself, a lieutenant of the boss Rosario Giugliano, (investigated in this inquiry) also a repentant, who put the arrested mayor and the detained boss in contact so that the latter could express his complaints "regarding the failure to maintain the pre-electoral agreements (especially with reference to the Campania Gas affair)".

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The mayor of Poggiomarino Maurizio Falanga and the deputy mayor Luigi Belcuore had an agreement with Franco Carillo, the intermediary between politicians and the boss Rosario Giugliano in 2020, the time of the municipal elections. It is all documented in the 91 pages of the precautionary order signed by the investigating judge Linda Comella, of the 14th office of the Court of Naples.

And so, as emerges from the investigation by the DDA, the clan headed by Giugliano would have worked to have Falanga elected mayor by "excluding potential opposing candidates, merging the votes of affiliates and imposing conditions of intimidation and subjugation on the local citizens".

With the promise of awarding public contracts. Franco Carillo, who had also put his sister forward as a candidate, would have acted as liaison officer between politics and the boss Rosario Giugliano, the emissary of the mayor and vice mayor, so as to become the guarantor of the agreements made, ensuring with the victory of the elections in the first round a share of the contracts to the Camorra and hiring in the companies to which they would go, including those for the methane gasification, the renovation and management of the cemetery.

Minutes of the repentant boss, 'this is how I imposed the vote in Poggiomarino'

“During the election campaign I personally worked with entrepreneurs, citizens and relatives to force the vote in favor of Maurizio Falanga… I want to point out that when I moved around Poggiomarino in support of a certain candidate it was clear that that person was representing me and therefore did not need to use threats to obtain the vote”.

The minutes of Rosario Giugliano, who in June had decided to move to the side of the State, are dated October 4, 2023. The former boss said: “Even though I didn’t participate in the formation meetings of the Council, I was constantly informed of everything by Franco Carillo… I remember that there was a lot of discussion about the appointment of the public works councilor who was closest to my heart… Franco Carillo, who was my favorite, told me that he didn’t want to expose himself too much and suggested the name of Luigi Belcuore…”.

“During one of our meetings, Belcuore told me that he would accept the role of councilor for public works if he was also recognized as deputy mayor… I worked with Franco Carillo to bring this request forward and despite the resistance of the other political forces, this motion passed”.

The role of Deputy Mayor Belcuore

According to the Carabinieri, Belcuore was also elected in that election thanks to the Camorra and obtained the position of deputy mayor with responsibility for public works and the cemetery, also making sure that some contracts were transferred to the family business.

According to what emerged from the investigations, the boss Rosary Giugliano (who is under investigation in this investigation), a counterpart in the political-mafia agreement, allegedly exercised his criminal influence to orient the elections towards the coalition created by Carillo, sidelining candidates who could waste votes or compromise the agreed outcome of the electoral round in exchange for what was agreed upon: the assignment of public works and services and hiring.

Mayor Falanga won the administrative round of September 2020 at the head of a center-right coalition in the first round, obtaining 57,93% of the votes against 42,07% for the center-left candidate, Democrat Giuseppe Annunziata.