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The agents of the Flying Squad of the Frosinone Police Headquarters and the Financiers of the Provincial Command of Frosinone have executed an order for the application of precautionary measures issued by the Court of Rome at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Prosecutor of Rome, against 25 people – of which 16 received preventive detention in prison and 9 under house arrest – and one under residence Criminal association aimed at drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion..
As part of the operation – called “Requiem – Ultimatum to Crime” – 3 arrests of alleged criminals for drug trafficking and extortion were also carried out, part of another investigation carried out by the State Police and coordinated by the Public Ministry of the Cassino Court.
The investigations, initiated in 2018 and initially coordinated by the Public Ministry of the Cassino Court, have their own origin of some arrests for drug trafficking and several seizures of large quantities of narcotics in the city of Sora. From the beginning of the investigation, it has emerged that the individual drug trafficking episodes were attributable to a real criminal organization, well structured and widespread in the Sorano area and in close contact with criminal groups settled in Campania, and particularly in the Scampia districts of Naples and Bronx from San Giovanni to Teduccio, from which the supply of narcotic substances took place. The transport was carried out by special couriers who, to avoid any control, alternated on the road from Campania to lower Lazio, to the Sorano area, where the narcotic substance was classified and stored in different places available to the association. the main of which consists of a self-demolition plant for ferrous materials.
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Given the seriousness of the alleged crimes, the direction of the investigation soon passed under the jurisdiction of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Public Ministry of the Rome Court. The development of the investigations, carried out synergistically by the Flying Squad and, especially in economic aspects, by the Grupo de la Guardia di Finanza de Frosinone, also through the use of sophisticated technical means, made it possible to identify two factions, one headed by a family. of Campania origin, he moved to Sora in the early nineties, and a second purely local, on top of which were Sorani’s prejudices.
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The two groups, after an initial period of mutual collaboration in buying and selling in the different squares of the sorano, casinato and province of L’Aquila, later entered into conflict with each other, giving life to a real confrontation that ended. acquire the monopoly of the commercial activity in the Sorano area.
The investigative activity carried out by the State Police and the Guardia di Finanza, in fact, had allowed to proceed, already in the investigation phase, to the arrest of another 16 people, the complaint of 12 people and the seizure of more than 25 kilos of substances. drugs consisting of cocaine, hashish and heroin, circumstances that caused distrust and friction in the two organizations, triggering a real war between gangs, resulting in acts of intimidation and episodes of extreme violence that saw the subjects placed on top of the two sides as protagonists, flanked by their respective acolytes.
During the activity of the investigators it became clear that, while the “local” drug trafficking group had put all its energies into the drug trafficking activity, the partners of the faction of the origins of Campania had extended their interests to various areas, infiltrate the socioeconomic fabric in a violent and unscrupulous way.
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In particular, the leaders of the association they also had a funeral home business that had grown rapidly, a rise that had been possible thanks to the profits from illicit drug trafficking – quantified at more than 9,000 euros per week – which were later also reused in the funeral home, which was thus able to we offer services with luxury cars at a very low cost, however, without complying with the obligations of filing tax returns. The goal was monopolize the funeral home market, economically bringing pre-existing activities to its knees and trying to gain the resistance of competitors with serious acts of intimidation. In fact, last May, the three recipients of the arrest warrant that was executed at the same time as today’s preventive detention orders, found a pig’s head in front of the entrance of a funeral home, a gesture with clear mafia connotations.
At the conclusion of the investigations, the Preliminary Investigation Judge of the Rome Court, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Public Ministry of the Rome Court, issued an order for the application of personal precautionary measures against 27 subjects, of whom 17 were in prison and 10 under house arrest, as well as the obligation to remain in the municipality of residence in relation to another person, and has also ordered preventive seizure for the purpose of direct confiscation and for the equivalent of 40 thousand euros.
The Flying Squad agents also executed 3 arrest warrants issued by the Public Ministry of the Cassino Court, referring to another line of investigation. The operations were attended by the canine anti-drug units of the Grupo de la Guardia di Finanza de Formia and the Canine Department of the Nettuno State Police, the helicopters of the Flight 1 Department of the Pratica di Mare State Police and the Aeronavale Operational Department of the Guard. of Finance of Civitavecchia, as well as the teams of the “Department of Crime Prevention of Campania” of the Police.
The synergy between the State Police and the Guardia di Finanza – each in their respective powers – with this operation confirmed the presence of the State as opposed to illegal activities
Dozens and dozens of vehicles, men and women of the police, participated in a maxi drug operation that accompanied the first light of dawn. An agitated awakening for the city of Sora who has found a virtual platform on social networks to shed doubts and perplexities and open up to discussion. The noise of the helicopter blades for hours prompted many to watch from the balconies and windows, in a Sora awakened by the sound of the police and financial sirens.
Apprehension increased when videos surfaced on the web describing the massive presence in the city of Volsca, which has just over 25,000 residents, of many law enforcement agencies. The satisfaction of the citizens who became aware of the maxi anti-drug operation was great. The Sorani congratulate the uniformed men: today they feel safer because the investigations have led to names and places where drugs were circulating. And now there is expectation to know more details of the operation and the people involved.
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by: Enrica Canale Parola
The searches are still ongoing as part of Operation Requiem-ultimatum to crime, with the help of helicopters and anti-drug dog units from the Guardia di Finanza and the State Police, as well as the crews of the “Department of Crime Prevention of Campania “. from the police. The bombardment of the agents of the Flying Squad of the Frosinone Police Headquarters together with the soldiers of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Frosinone, coordinated by the DDA of Rome, began today at dawn. The police are executing numerous personal and real precautionary measures in various cities in south-central Italy, in the provinces of Frosinone, Naples and L’Aquila, against members of two different criminal associations operating in the drug trafficking sector. drugs and in the commission of tax crimes, money laundering and extortion.
During the operation, the State Police is also carrying out some arrests of suspected criminals for the crimes of drug trafficking and extortion, by order of the Cassino Public Ministry, attributable to another investigation. Patrols and helicopters have been detected in several municipalities, including Sorano, Veroli and Alatri.
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by: Nicoletta Fini
The blinking blue lights of the police and the cars of the financial police that intermingle with the first lights of dawn, sweeping away the last vestiges of darkness; the sound of a helicopter breaking through the silence. This is how the residents of several municipalities in Ciociaria wake up. Two criminal associations aimed at drug trafficking, extortion and laundering of illicit products have been defeated: forty suspects, dozens of preventive detention orders in prison and house arrest and seizures for 40 thousand euros. Some stops have also been made, as part of a second investigation.
The details of the operation
“Requiem – Ultimatum to crime”
Since the first light of dawn, the agents of the Flying Squad of the Frosinone Police Headquarters together with the soldiers of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Frosinone, coordinated by the DDA of Rome, are executing numerous personal and real precautionary measures in different downtown cities -South of Italy, in the provinces of Frosinone, Naples and L’Aquila, against members of two different criminal associations that operate in the drug trafficking sector and in the commission of tax crimes, money laundering and extortion.
During the operation, the State Police is also carrying out some arrests of suspected criminals for the crimes of drug trafficking and extortion, by order of the Cassino Public Ministry, attributable to another investigation.
Dozens of searches are being carried out, with the help of helicopters and canine anti-drug units of the Guardia di Finanza and the State Police, as well as teams from the Police “Campania Crime Prevention Department”. Investigations have focused on a sophisticated drug trafficking system, set up by two criminal associations, one local and one from Campania with roots in the province of Frosinone and operating in the center-south.
by: Nicoletta Fini
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