Castellammare di Stabia – A joint operation by law enforcement is underway in Castellammare di Stabia, where four municipal-owned properties in via Brin n. 99, illegally occupied by as many families, have been evicted.
The preventive seizure orders were issued by the GIP of the Court of Torre Annunziata at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, for the crime of invasion of public property lands or buildings (articles 633 and 639-bis of the Criminal Code).
Decades of illegal occupation and failed regularization attempts
The investigations revealed that the illegal occupations had been going on for years: in one case since 2013, while in the others since 2022. All the occupations were without any legitimizing title. The requests for regularization, where presented, had been rejected because the occupations were considered insusceptible to regularization.
The eviction was necessary as the only way to give concrete and effective execution to the preventive seizure. The objective is twofold: to put an end to the permanence of the crime and to allow the assignment of the real estate units to the entitled subjects, pending a municipal ranking that allows the legitimate assignment.
Law enforcement in action and properties made inaccessible
The clearing operations, still being completed, are being conducted by the Castellammare di Stabia State Police Station, with the support of the Carabinieri, the Guardia di Finanza, and the local Municipal Police.
Currently, all four seized properties have been vacated by the families who occupied them. For two of them, the eviction is already final, and the properties have been made inaccessible to prevent further illegal occupation. For the remaining two, the furniture clearance process is still ongoing.
At the end of the operations, all the vacated properties will be entrusted to the judicial custody of the Municipality of Castellammare di Stabia, which will then be able to proceed with the regular assignments.
The eviction operation in Castellammare di Stabia seems like a good thing, but I wonder if these families had a way to resolve their situation. It would be appropriate to think about alternatives before reaching these extremes.