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Caivano: 84-year prison sentence sought for 10eLotto clan

Exactly one year ago, the Carabinieri raid revealed the clans' managerial reorganization. It all began with the 2023 punitive raid against the kingpin "Francuccio Pane 'e Ran."
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Caivano – Over eighty years of prison time for dismantling the Bronx "washing machine" in Caivano. It's a hefty bill presented yesterday morning by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate to the members of the cartel specializing in laundering the rivers of dirty money generated by drug dealing hubs. Exactly one year after the raid that led to the arrests, revealing the genetic mutation and managerial reorganization of local organized crime, the prosecutor presented his requests to the judge.

The charges, which faithfully reflect the original circumstantial evidence, range from money laundering to self-laundering, all heavily aggravated by mafia motives.

The genesis of the investigation and the arrests

The entire accusatory structure, now sealed by the Carabinieri of the Castello di Cisterna investigative unit, has its roots in a bloody episode that took place in the public housing complex. It was February 7, 2023. What initially appeared to be an attempted robbery took place on the street, targeting a local crime boss: Francesco Pezzella, known in criminal circles as "Francuccio Pane 'e Ran." Investigations would soon reveal that it was no ordinary mugging, but a ruthless punitive operation, hatched in the murky context of dividing up drug hubs.

Despite the wall of silence and silence erected by the victim herself, the Carabinieri officers persisted. Four days after the raid, a targeted search was carried out in block 6 of the IACP on Via Atellana, in the buildings of the so-called Bronx. It was the knight's move. Under the floorboards of a residence linked to the Maugeri and Zambella families, the Carabinieri discovered the trail of the treasure: a postal receipt for €150.

The “Pascarola System” and the winning tickets

Faced with the discovery, the explanation provided is textbook comedy: an incredible and extremely lucky series of "10 e Lotto" wins. This explanation inevitably triggered alerts from the Customs and Monopolies Agency, allowing investigators to uncover the scam. Thus, the financial face of the criminal holding company, whose operations base was located in the Pascarola plant, emerged.

The mechanism was as simple as it was effective: the clan's henchmen intercepted the actual winners of prize games, purchased their winning tickets by paying a premium strictly in cash (the proceeds of drug dealing), and then legally cashed them in. A perfect system for justifying anomalous cash flows and washing away the drug "mud" with the soap of state-funded gambling.

Summary of sentencing requests

Raffaele Zambella (considered the linchpin of the mechanism): 9 years

Michele Leodato (considered a "colonel" of the group): 8 years and 8 months

Aniello Leodato: 8 years old

Vincenzo Zambella: 8 years

Raffaele Alibrico: 7 years and 8 months

Angelo Alibrico: 7 years and 8 months

Luca Alibrico: 7 years and 8 months

Michele Esposito: 7 years and 6 months

Alessandro Maugeri: 7 years old

Clara Marsiglia: 5 years

Total sentences sought: Over 83 years in prison.

(in the photo from left Angelo Alibrico, Raffaele Alibrico, Michele Leodato and Aniello Leodato)

Deepening

The Bronx of Caivano is no longer just a land of clashes and street violence: it has become
a textbook criminal business.
The 10eLotto clan has transformed money laundering into a managerial system, capable of
clean up rivers of dirty money with precision and strategy.

84 years of prison requested by the DDA to dismantle this perfect "washing machine", but
the risk is that the model will be replicated elsewhere.

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Interesting, well-documented article, but the situation seems more complex than described. The Carabinieri have done a great job, but the system seems to be repeating itself elsewhere, and the justice system should be firmer and more consistent over time. We hope the measures adopted are effective, but it's still difficult to understand everything, and more controls will be needed.

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