Camorra, 'the racketeering spies' and the colluding official: the DIA seizes assets worth 1,5 million.

The Naples DIA Operations Center has executed two significant asset confiscation orders issued by the Court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Preventive Measures Section) upon the recommendation of the Director of the DIA. The seizures involved companies, real estate, and financial accounts belonging to individuals believed to be connected or associated with Caserta organized crime clans, with a total estimated value of approximately €1,5 million.

The Concrete Brothers: "The Protectorate Spies" on Behalf of the Belfortes

The first measure concerns two brothers, entrepreneurs active in the concrete production sector, arrested in 2014 and subsequently convicted for being connected to the Belforte clan of Marcianise.

The investigation—enriched by statements from collaborators with justice—exposed a criminal system as ingenious as it was perverse: the extortion money was collected directly through their company using a technique called overinvoicing. By inflating costs compared to actual supplies, the company created "slush funds" to pay the extortion.

The two men also acted as effective liaisons: they organized meetings between the clan's extortionists and the exploited businessmen. Often, the struggling businessmen themselves would spontaneously approach the colluding members to determine which clan representative they could trust to "get their affairs straight."

The unfaithful public official linked to the Casalesi

The second confiscation order targets a dishonest public official, first arrested in 2000 on charges of extortion and mafia association, as he was believed to be fully affiliated with the Casalesi clan. Since 2010, the man has been detained following multiple final convictions for crimes ranging from robbery to unlawful competition with threats and violence, as well as receiving stolen goods, forgery, and destruction of accounting records.

Asset analysis: disproportion between income and assets

In both cases, the meticulous financial and asset investigations conducted by the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate revealed a clear and significant disproportion between the modest or nonexistent incomes of the individuals in question and their actual financial resources. This led to the court's decision to proceed with the definitive confiscation of the illicitly accumulated assets.