A blow to the heart of the Vesuvius auto black market. This morning, officers from the Nola Carabinieri Company executed a precautionary detention order issued by the investigating judge of the Nola court, at the request of the local prosecutor's office.
Twenty-six measures were issued: 9 mandatory signatures and 11 bans on residence in the relevant municipalities, in addition to one man already in prison.
The raid, codenamed "Demolition," stems from investigations by the Palma Campania Carabinieri Station, supported by sophisticated technical activities, which have exposed the mechanisms of a deep-rooted criminal system.
The 20 suspects, all residents of the Vesuvian area of the province of Naples, are held responsible, in varying degrees and in concert, for the crimes of money laundering and receiving stolen vehicles.
The investigation uncovered 19 incidents of money laundering and 45 incidents of receiving stolen goods, confirming the illicit origin of 19 vehicles.
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The clans had two warehouses at their disposal, veritable ghost workshops where the cars were completely "cannibalized." In these illicit garages, the vehicles were dismantled and their pieces, like a macabre reverse-jigsaw puzzle, were immediately released into a parallel market.
A dense network of fences, willing to pay huge sums, ensured the disposal of the components. A turnover that, according to investigators, reached the monstrous sum of approximately €60.000 per month.
The investigations, in addition to tracing the entire criminal chain, have already yielded significant operational findings. Numerous auto parts of illicit origin have been recovered and seized, and the transporters involved have been charged. Further crucial evidence came with the seizure of an illegal workshop, whose owner was also charged with illegal waste management, demonstrating the dual environmental and social threat posed by this racket.
Operation "Demolition" not only stopped a long trail of crimes, but also dismantled the logistical and financial mechanisms of an illegal economy that had thrived in the shadows, sending a strong signal of discontinuity in the fight against local organized crime.
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Operation Demolition appears to have been very complex and well-organized. The capture of those responsible is an important step in combating the black market in cars, but more attention should be paid to these criminal activities in the future.