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Pianura

Carabinieri raid in Pianura: 7 reported and 115 checked

Carabinieri officers from the Naples Bagnoli company conducted an extraordinary patrol in the Pianura neighborhood, combing streets and bars from early evening until late at night. The...
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Naples: 20-year-old man dies after taking drugs in Pianura, Italy

Naples – The death of a 20-year-old man, who died today inside a home in the Pianura neighborhood, in the western part of the city, appears to be linked to drug use. The man was at a friend's house when he suddenly felt ill. At the scene,...

Armed clans in the Pianura neighborhood: a pistol, bullets, and a magazine were found.

Naples - A pistol and bullets were found in a public housing project: Carabinieri seized the weapon. Officers conducted extensive searches in the Pianura neighborhood on the western outskirts of the city. Carabinieri from the Naples Bagnoli unit found a 9mm pistol with a forged serial number. The magazine contained seven rounds, but the hidden location contained...

Naples: A raid on the homes of 23 people under house arrest in Pianura, one of whom had escaped.

Naples – Intense patrols, concentrated in the Pianura neighborhood, have been carried out in recent days by the Carabinieri of the Naples Bagnoli Company. The objective: to verify compliance with restrictions on personal freedom and combat widespread illegal activity. The operation, which primarily targeted the area's streets, involved...

When football and culture meet

Last Saturday, "Il Giardino d'Autore" presented the book "Careca. L'angelo col n.9" (Careca. The Angel with the Number 9) at the ANEI hall, written by Anna Calì, a young Neapolitan journalist and writer, who was also present. A simple and enjoyable presentation, accompanied by a performance of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Capoeira, presented by the Napoli Cultura Viva Association...

The La Trencia paradox: illegal escalators and endless gridlock.

Naples - What was supposed to be a glitch lasting a few weeks has turned into yet another monument to urban inefficiency. At the La Trencia Circumflegrea station, in the heart of the Pianura neighborhood, time seems to have stood still since last summer. Since the escalators were sealed off because they were deemed non-compliant, the...
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Roadblock violated in Pianura, gunfire erupts overnight: three arrested after chase

Last night, in Pianura, a roadblock was breached by a Smart ForFour, sparking a high-speed chase that forced the Carabinieri to fire a gunshot to stop the three young men on board. The incident highlights the growing tensions in the neighborhood...

Pianura Feud: Baby Boss Massimiliano Santagata Gets Only Three Years

Naples - No legal consequences for the alleged underboss who aspired to inherit the criminal legacy of the Esposito-Marsicano clan. In the shadow of the Pianura feud, Massimiliano Santagata, 22, accused of attempted murder, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison following a summary trial. The judge...

Naples: "The Via Trencia eco-monster is a ticking time bomb."

Naples – The roar of the collapse on Via Nuova Bagnoli, with tons of debris falling into the street at dawn on December 27, just days after an initial collapse on Santo Stefano, brought to mind Neapolitans' memories of the many tragedies that had been predicted. A building abandoned for decades crumbled before their eyes...

The Pianura feud, yet another reversal in the Supreme Court: life sentences annulled for Mele, Varriale, and Bellofiore.

Naples – Twenty-one years after the ambush that forever changed the criminal landscape in Pianura, the Carmine Pesce murder case has returned to its starting point. The Fifth Criminal Section of the Court of Cassation has overturned—for the second time—the life sentences handed down to Giuseppe Mele,...

Naples: An illegal garage was discovered, 39 license plates seized, and the business was shut down.

A joint operation by the Naples Local Police, Soccavo task force, and the Carabinieri of the Pianura station led to the discovery of an illegal parking garage on Via Pallucci, also used for the sale and rental of self-driving vehicles. The facility, completely lacking any permits, was found to be seriously irregular in its management...
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Pianura, maxi-sentence for the babyras: nearly a hundred years in prison for the warring clans.

Naples - A new judicial blow has hit the young gangsters who, for months, fueled a climate of violence, intimidation, and illicit trafficking on the streets of Pianura. Late yesterday afternoon, at the conclusion of the summary trial, Preliminary Investigations Judge De Bellis handed down nine convictions...

Naples, heroic police officer killed: 30 years in prison for Giovanni Rendina

Naples - The judicial truth about the murder of police officer Domenico Attianese, who fell at 40 while trying to stop a robbery in Pianura, is solidifying nearly four decades later. The First Section of the Naples Court of Appeal has upheld the 30-year prison sentence for Giovanni Rendina, considered...

Residential building at risk of collapse in Pianura: Borrelli calls for urgent intervention.

In the Pianura neighborhood of Naples, security concerns are growing over a residential building on Via dell'Avvenire. Structural failures and deep internal cracks threaten the building's stability, with residents reporting that the emergency was triggered by previous work on gas pipes. The excavations...

Weapons from the Pianura feud seized in Naples

Naples - The State Police has dealt a severe blow to organized crime and drug dealing in the Pianura neighborhood. A large-scale and targeted operation, conducted by members of the Flying Squad and the local police station, led to the discovery and seizure of a veritable arsenal and...

Naples, waste buried beneath the equestrian center: the shocking alarm that shakes the Pianura area.

Naples - A new, dramatic shadow looms over Pianura. The Naples neighborhood, already ravaged by the poison of fires and buried toxic waste, is at the center of a dire environmental warning that raises fears of a return to the nightmare of the Land of Fires. The alarm was raised by the deputy of...
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Naples, ambush in Pianura: 40-year-old injured

Naples - An argument, followed by gunshots, erupted in the night. It's the script of a settling of scores, or an internal dispute, unfolding in one of the city's hottest drug dealing areas. The incident, which occurred overnight in Pianura, a neighborhood north of Naples, a historic...

Pianura, 37-year-old man threatens sister with knife: arrested for mistreatment

Another incident of domestic violence in the Pianura neighborhood. A 37-year-old Neapolitan man with a criminal record was arrested by the State Police for domestic violence after threatening his sister during an argument. The arrest occurred yesterday evening, when a report came in...

Fury in Pianura: Man threatens mother and then attacks officers

Naples - A tense evening on Friday in the Pianura neighborhood, where a response to a family dispute escalated into a violent attack on law enforcement. It all began when a call came into the State Police Operations Room reporting a heated...

Shock at Pianura kindergarten: 4-year-old girl tied to chair with scarf

Naples - There were moments of intense concern yesterday morning at a private kindergarten in the Pianura neighborhood of Naples, where the Carabinieri responded to a report that sparked outrage. Law enforcement officers from the Naples Pianura Station, assisted by the Mobile Radio Unit,...

Camorra: New Pianura Clan Slapped with 140 Years in Prison

Naples - A new generation of mafia bosses and underlings, raised in the shadow of the old Pianura clans, has been brought to heel by the justice system. Fifteen convictions, over 140 years in prison in total: this is the outcome of the first-degree trial, conducted under a fast-track procedure, which sealed the defeat...
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