Caserta, the procurement system favoring the Casalesi: the names of the 34 people under investigation.

17 precautionary measures. The provincial coordinator of Forza Italia is under house arrest. The rector of Parthenope University is suspended.
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Naples – A system of rigged contracts, in exchange for votes, money, and vacations. This is what emerges from the investigation by the Naples District Anti-Mafia Directorate, which today led to the execution of 17 precautionary measures, including arrests, house arrest, and suspensions from public office.

At the centre of the investigation is Nicola Ferraro, 64, an entrepreneur from Casal di Principe who was already definitively convicted in 2015 for external competition with mafia association, believed to be close to the Casalesi clan.

Ferraro's role

According to the indictment, after his release in 2017, Ferraro assumed a leading role in the Schiavone faction of the clan, becoming a point of reference for contracts for waste collection and hospital sanitation. The entrepreneur allegedly established direct relationships with local administrators and public managers, influencing tenders and contracts.

The position of the mayor of Arienzo

Among those under investigation is Giuseppe Guida, mayor of Arienzo (Caserta) and provincial coordinator of Forza Italia, who was placed under house arrest on charges of corruption for an act contrary to his official duties.

According to the prosecution, Ferraro allegedly guaranteed him blocks of votes for the election as provincial councilor of Caserta, in exchange for the revocation of a waste collection contract, which was later awarded to a compliant company.

Forza Italia, through its national organization manager Francesco Battistoni, immediately suspended Guida from his position as provincial secretary, appointing Amelia Forte as commissioner.

The accusations against Rector Garofalo

Also implicated is the rector of the Parthenope University of Naples, Antonio Garofalo, who was suspended from public office for 12 months. According to investigators, he "fixed" the contract for the three-year cleaning of the university buildings in Naples and Nola, favoring a facility management firm that compensated him with €30 and a stay in Mykonos.

Garofalo denies all accusations: "I am calm, my conscience is clear. I don't know many of the people named. I trust that the cross-examination will soon clarify my innocence," he stated in a statement.

The other positions

The investigating judge, however, rejected the request for house arrest for Luigi Bosco, regional secretary of Azione, accused of pressuring local health authorities in Benevento and Caserta to award contracts to companies close to Ferraro.

The crimes charged, to varying degrees, include corruption, incitement to corruption, bid-rigging, money laundering, and self-laundering.

A “system” between politics and business

The documents reveal a picture of a veritable "procurement market," where waste management and cleaning services became political and electoral bargaining chips. Ferraro, a businessman previously convicted for ties to the Casalesi family, according to the DDA, rebuilt a network capable of influencing municipal administrations, universities, and healthcare facilities.

List of suspects

  • AGIZZA Vincenzo , born in Naples on 26.11.1947, resident in Naples

  • BLASOTTI Amedeo , born in Afragola (NA) on 29.10.1961, resident in Casoria (NA)

  • BOSCO Luigi , born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE) on 09.10.1982, resident in Casapulla (CE)

  • BUONANNO Francesco Pietro , born in Bucciano (BN) on 04.10.1960, resident in Bucciano (BN)

  • CIAMPI Angelo , born in Benevento on 29.05.1969, resident in San Martino Sannita (BN)

  • CIRILLO Massimo , born in Torre del Greco (NA) on 09.10.1970, resident in Torre del Greco (NA)

  • CIUMMO Carlo , born in Cassino (FR) on 14.03.1987, resident in Cassino (FR)

  • CIUMMO Vittorio , born in Acquaviva d'Isernia (IS) on 13.09.1960, resident in Cassino (FR)

  • DAMIANO Virgilio Emanuele Pio , born in Benevento on 05.10.1999, resident in Montesarchio (BN)

  • FERRAIUOLO Pietropaolo , born in Casal di Principe (CE) on 14.04.1941, resident in Casal di Principe (CE)

  • FERRARO Nicola , born in Casal di Principe (CE) on 23.03.1961, resident in Arienzo (CE)

  • FIOCCO Roberto , born in Colleferro (RM) on 12.12.1951, resident in Rome

  • FIOCCO Barbara , born in Rome on 10.09.1984, resident in Rome

  • FORESTA Felice , born in Maddaloni (CE) on 22.10.1965, resident in San Marco Evangelista (CE)

  • FUCCIO Vittorio , born in Benevento on 17.02.1977, resident in Paolisi (BN)

  • GAROFALO Antonio , born in Caserta on 13.12.1969, resident in Naples

  • GRIMALDI Luigi , born in Naples on 19.08.1967, resident in Frattamaggiore (NA)

  • GUIDA Giuseppe , born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE) on 22.06.1973, resident in Arienzo (CE)

  • IEMMINO Eugenia , born in San Paolo Bel Sito (NA) on 07.01.1980, resident in Poggiomarino (NA)

  • ILARIO Aniello , born in Rotondi (AV) on 23.04.1967, resident in Rotondi (AV)

  • ILARIO Giuseppe , born in Rotondi (AV) on 26.02.1964, resident in Rotondi (AV)

  • MARCHESE Mauro , born in Naples on 15.12.1960, resident in Milan

  • MONTANINO Antonio , born in Capua (CE) on 24.11.1971, resident in Pastorano (CE)

  • MORACA Antonio , born in Capua (CE) on 01.02.1955, resident in Capua (CE)

  • MOTTOLA Nicola , born in Aversa (CE) on 01.01.1977, resident in Lusciano (CE)

  • ONOFRIO Paolo , born in Naples on 15.07.1961, resident in Naples

  • RAIMO Domenico , born in Naples on 10.04.1970, resident in Grumo Nevano (NA)

  • REA Luigi , born in Capua (CE) on 20.10.1974, resident in Caserta

  • ROMANO Domenico , born in Naples on 21.12.1963, resident in Casoria (NA)

  • RUBINO Giuseppe , born in Capua (CE) on 19.03.1959, resident in Capua (CE)

  • VEROLLA Paolo , born in Aversa (CE) on 17.09.1981, resident in Lusciano (CE)

  • VEROLLA Paolo , born in Aversa (CE) on 26.12.1989, resident in Lusciano (CE)

 

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