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Ponticelli, attempted extortion of a merchant: 44-year-old arrested
Naples – He showed up at a shop in the Ponticelli neighborhood demanding money from the owner, but there were State Police officers waiting for him. A 44-year-old Neapolitan man with a criminal record was arrested for attempted aggravated extortion. The intervention was triggered after the victim reported the incident. The shopkeeper...
Judicial Chronicle
Ponticelli, worker killed by mistake in a Camorra ambush in Rione Fiat: 19 years for the killer
Naples - Antimo Imperatore was putting up a mosquito net in the home of a criminal, when he was killed by gunshots: the worker, an innocent victim, died by mistake during a Camorra ambush in July 2022 in Naples. Today the Court of Assizes of Appeal (IV section, president Loredana Acierno) sentenced to 19...
Judicial Chronicle
Naples, Camorra murder in Ponticelli: 67-year-old sentenced to 29 years in prison
Naples – The Carabinieri of the Ponticelli station arrested Nicola Martinez, a 67-year-old Neapolitan, in execution of a prison order issued by the Attorney General of the Republic at the Court of Appeal of Naples. The man was sentenced to 29 years, 11 months and 10 days in prison for the murder...
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Naples, party in Ponticelli: grandmother Antonietta turns 100
A century of life celebrated with affection and institutional recognition for Antonietta Barbato, a historic resident of the Ponticelli neighborhood, in the heart of the VI Municipality of Naples. The "grandmother of the neighborhood", as she is affectionately called by everyone, celebrated her 100th birthday today with a ceremony that involved the Municipality...
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Ponticelli anxious about the disappearance of Antonio Cinquegrana: the social appeal of the relatives
Naples – The Ponticelli neighborhood is anxious and continues the search for Antonio Cinquegrana, a 35-year-old who disappeared from the neighborhood. The man has not given any news of himself for days, and his family has launched an appeal to find him. The identikit Antonio is 1,70 meters tall, with a robust build, blue eyes and brown hair...
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Ponticelli, chase in the night: 30-year-old arrested with 2 thousand liters of stolen diesel
Busy night in Ponticelli, where a high-speed chase kept the Carabinieri of the Naples Poggioreale company busy: at 2:30, the soldiers noticed an Iveco Daily truck and ordered the driver to stop. The man driving, instead of stopping, accelerated, starting a reckless escape for...
Chronicle of Naples
Camorra, the memorial of the repentant Braccia: "This is how extortion is divided in East Naples"
Naples - He delivered a handwritten memorial which indicates, in addition to the names and roles of the various members of the De Martino Xx and De Micco "Bodo" clans of Ponticelli, also the names of all those forced to pay extortion to the two Camorra clans. The...
Judicial Chronicle
Camorra, the repentant Braccia: “Vincenzo Costanzo, Ciuculillo had also been beaten before being killed”
Naples - The former regent of the D'Amico "fraulella" clan of Ponticelli, Vincenzo Costanzo, known as ciuculillo, killed in May 2023 in Piazza Nazionale during the celebrations for Napoli's championship, had also been beaten for a question of trespassing on drug dealing areas. He reported this to the prosecutors of the DDA...
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The two faces of the Serd of Ponticelli: inside excellence, outside degradation, waste and abandonment
A few decimeters of wall thickness separates the excellence of the indecency. The SerD (services for pathological addictions) of Ponticelli is recognized by the community and also by the users themselves as a first-rate center. Outside, however, it is a completely different story. The ASL building located in Viale dei Mosaici is surrounded by garbage, degradation and...
Chronicle of Naples
Camorra, the repentant Giovanni Braccia: "The wife of the boss De Martino is terrible, she commands more than her husband"
The repentant Giovanni Braccia has recounted the last years of the Camorra activities of the De Martino clan, the infamous "Xx" of Ponticelli. The statements of the 55-year-old collaborator of justice, released starting last October, are now part of the trial records against the gang led by the boss Francesco De Martino, known...
Chronicle of Naples
Camorra, the former informer Ciro Oliva "a walking dead". The names of the 19 investigated
Ciro Oliva was a "walking dead man" because he had a debt of 180 thousand euros with the Mazzarella clan, 21 thousand with the De Mico clan and 8 thousand with the Di Lauro clan. He had been arrested and the drugs he placed on the Caserta and Benevento markets had been seized. Before that they had...
Chronicle of Naples
Anti-Camorra Blitz Between Ponticelli and Cercola: 10 Arrests
Major operation by the Carabinieri against the Camorra in the Eastern area and in Cercola where ten people were arrested as part of an investigation coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Naples. Those arrested are accused of drug trafficking, kidnapping and attempted extortion, with the aggravating circumstance of having acted to finance...
Chronicle of Naples
Naples, 49-year-old arrested in Ponticelli with 100 doses of crack, cocaine and cash
Naples – A 49-year-old Neapolitan, already known to the police, ended up in handcuffs yesterday afternoon in Ponticelli, caught with a large quantity of drugs and cash. The arrest was carried out by State Police officers from the Ponticelli Police Station, as part of an operation aimed at combating...
Chronicle of Naples
Ponticelli: Drug dealing from home window, 35-year-old arrested
Naples – Caught red-handed while selling drugs from his home window. A 35-year-old man, with a criminal record, was arrested yesterday afternoon in Ponticelli by officers from the local police station for illegal possession of narcotics. The operation began in Viale Ernest Hemingway during a...
Judicial Chronicle
Trema Ponticelli: the repentant Giovanni Braccia reveals the secrets of the De Martino clan
Naples - An earthquake is about to hit the criminal system of Ponticelli, a suburb of Naples, thanks to the collaboration with the justice system of Giovanni Braccia, a loyal follower of the boss Francesco De Martino, head of the "Xx" clan. Braccia, a leading figure in the group that has its stronghold in the Fiat district,...
Chronicle of Naples
Naples, anti-drug blitz in Ponticelli: one and a half kilos of hashish seized
Naples– A 49-year-old with a criminal record, including specific ones, was arrested yesterday afternoon by the State Police in the Ponticelli neighborhood on charges of illegal possession of narcotics. The operation, conducted by agents of the Ponticelli Police Station, led to the seizure of a significant quantity of hashish and the discovery...
Chronicle of Naples
Ponticelli, agricultural land transformed into a garage service area: seizure triggered
The Naples Local Police carried out a significant seizure in the Ponticelli area, involving an area of 8.000 square meters. The officers of the Building Protection and Heritage Protection operational units intervened in via Ravioncello. Here, they discovered that an agricultural land had been converted into an area for a company...
Chronicle of Naples
Ponticelli, police blitz: 38-year-old arrested with drugs
Naples – A 38-year-old Neapolitan man with a criminal record was arrested yesterday afternoon in Ponticelli, caught by the State Police with a load of drugs. The arrest was made during an operation for illegal possession of narcotics. The incident occurred during a normal...
Chronicle of Naples
Naples, Fabio Riccardi captured: regent of the De Micco clan
Naples - Fabio Riccardi, a 41-year-old leading figure in the De Micco clan, has been on the run. Yesterday afternoon, the Carabinieri raided an apartment on Via Ungaretti in Ponticelli, where the wanted man was hiding. Riccardi, who has been missing since November, did not resist arrest. Investigators are now investigating...
Chronicle of Naples
Ponticelli says no to pizzo, anti-racket march: nine shops display the legality sign
NAPLES – Nine shops, nine signs, a clear message: in Ponticelli, the pizzo is not paid: a courageous gesture that breaks the silence and challenges organized crime in one of the most difficult neighborhoods in the eastern suburbs of Naples, the scene of continuous tensions between clans. In the heart of via...
Article published on May 13, 2023 - 19:51 pm
