Gennaro Rapillo, the owner of the garage in Forcella, has been arrested and accused of extortion aggravated by the mafia method, which attacked the deputy Borrelli with other individuals.
The owner of the garage “SpaccaNapoli" he forced a colleague, who runs a garage near his, to pass on customers to him, causing him considerable financial damage. The State Police (Flying Squad of Napoli and Border Police) arrested the owner of a garage in the Forcella district of Naples at Fiumicino airport, accused of extortion aggravated by mafia methods.
In fact, the man is considered by the Neapolitan DDA to be close to the Mazzarella clan: his garage has been seized. It is the same garage in front of which the deputy Francesco Emilio Borrelli was attacked, last December, during a social live broadcast aimed at denouncing the illegal occupation of the streets by certain garages in the area.
According to the investigations of the Flying Squad, the arrested garage owner had repeatedly threatened, even with death, the owner of the other garage, his family and his employees. On some occasions he had even ordered that the cars already parked in the victim's garage be moved to his garage.
“Our complaints were not made at random, we had a basis and the epilogue of this story proves it” - comments Borrelli - “The threats and retaliations, the extortions, the use of violence, the continuous violations of the rules by distorting them at will to feed the sources of income, are typical elements of the modus operandi of the Camorra clans to which this individual and his accomplices are unequivocally linked, indeed he represented a source of income for the Mazzarellas thus fueling the dangerousness of the criminal group.
But this story must now go beyond the arrest of the garage owner and the seizure of the premises, we must dig deep and stop the system of illegal garages and those linked to the Camorra. Beyond the case of Saint Archangel in Baiano There are several illegal profiteers and criminals who often speculate by opening garages with only two covered parking spaces.
The activity then takes place outside by illegally occupying the blue lines, sidewalks, pedestrian areas, disabled parking spaces and bus stops. The world of the Camorra has countless ramifications, this is one of them and cutting them off means taking power away from the clans.”
Article published on 29 January 2025 - 16:02
It is a very complex and worrying situation, organized crime is a serious problem and not easy to solve. The authorities must intervene firmly to stop these illegal activities. We hope that this story will lead to concrete results.