Naples – A prison officer is among the 24 people affected by precautionary measures in an anti-Camorra operation that has hit the clans stub of Fuorigrotta and Frizziero of the Torretta di Chiaia area
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. The investigation, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate and conducted by the Carabinieri of the Naples Investigative Unit, revealed a complex criminal system based on drug trafficking, extortion, possession of weapons and cigarette smuggling.
The extortion imposed on illegal parking attendants and on pushers and smugglers
The investigations, carried out between 2020 and 2023, documented the full operation of the two Camorra associations in the western neighborhoods of the city. clans imposed the weekly payment of sums of money also to individuals involved in illicit activities such as drug dealing, smuggling and illegal parking, thus configuring a capillary control of the territory.
The finding of theIllegal use of cell phones within detention facilities, through which the clan leaders continued to give orders. In this context, the involvement of the prison officer emerges, who would have facilitated the entry of the devices into the prisons.
The investigation also uncovered a sophisticated system of reinvestment of illicit proceeds: the Troncone clan is said to have invested in the nautical sector, purchasing boats registered fictitiously and managed through a company in Nisida, then rented to third parties. The investigating judge of Naples has ordered the preventive seizure of the vessels and the blocking of the business activity of the company involved.
Article published on 15 April 2025 - 08:50
The anti-Camorra operation seems to be a very complicated and difficult thing. It is important that justice works and that the clans are stopped. We hope that this will lead to a reduction in crime in the Naples area.