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Violence, threats, drug dealing and extortion with the mafia method, all to underline its supremacy well summarized in a phrase reiterated by one of the members of the clan: “Here we are commanamo”, “this is our area”. A fiefdom that the Casamonica and Di Silvio families have built for decades in the southern part of Rome, particularly between the areas of Romanina, Vermicino, Quadraro and Gregna Sant’Andrea. To deal one more blow to the clan, the Flying Squad that with the first light of dawn detained six people belonging to the two families at the end of an operation called Cardé (a Sinti term that indicates money).
The names of those arrested
To be contacted by order of custody in prison issued by the Gip of the Court of Rome, at the request of the Directorate of Antimafia of the local District Enrico Di Silvio, 73; Alevino Di Silvio, 65; Silvio Di Vitale, 58 years old; Anacleto Di Silvio known as “er mortadella” (53 years old); Alfredo Di Silvio known as “Augù” (50 years old) and Ivana Casamonica, 50 years old. All six are responsible, in various ways, for attempted extortion and extortion aggravated by the mafia method, drug trafficking, usury and abusive financial activity. Among the recipients of today’s restrictive measure, all linked by family ties, there is also Enrico Di Silvio, who has already been definitively convicted in the criminal proceedings regarding the known facts of the “Roxy bar.”
Operation Clan Cardè Casamonica-Di Silvio
Today’s operation, called “Cardè” (Sinti term with which money is indicated), is the result of the investigation carried out as a result of the bloody episode that occurred on April 1, 2018, when he was inside the “Roxy Bar “, Located in the Romanina neighborhood, precisely in via Barzilai, there was a violent attack against the owner of the business and a disabled woman who had” dared “to defend her, perpetrated by Antonio Casamonica (class 92), Alfredo Di Silvio ( class 96), Vincenzo Di Silvio (class 90). “Acts committed not only repeatedly but regularly and even professionally, as well as (with regard to extortion crimes) from intimidating conduct and the intraneity of the suspects to environments accustomed to controlling the territory with the mafia method” writes the judge. Clementina Forleo in the preventive detention order.
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Violence at the Roxy Bar
The investigations carried out in this circumstance allowed not only to identify the aforementioned subjects as perpetrators of the violence, but also to verify a series of abuses suffered over time by the managers of the business, and a repeated intimidation activity, also carried out in EnricoDi Silvio grandfather of Vincenzo and Alfredo, with the aim of convincing the victims not to file or withdraw the complaint against them.
“Here we commanamo”
The criminal conduct in that circumstance represented an evident demonstration of the power of the Casamonica-Di Silvio in a territory that they consider subject to their dominion, as one of the attackers clearly remarked: “Here with us,” “Don’t forget that this is a our zone “. Not only that, his forceful action aimed at guaranteeing the silence and reluctance of the numerous customers – who were left defenseless – present inside the bar, also had to act as a warning to the other inhabitants of the neighborhood, with the consequent submission of the same to their supremacy.
The Di Silvio family
The configurability of the aggravating mafia for the crimes perpetrated during the raid on the “Roxy bar” was not only recognized by the Preliminary Investigating Judge in the application of precautionary measures, carried out on May 8, 2018, but confirmed in the first instance and subsequently , at the time of the lien. In fact, the brothers Alfredo and Vincenzo Di Silvio and their grandfather Enrico were initially sentenced, with a shortened rite, since they were held responsible, in various ways, for crimes of private violence, injuries and threats, aggravated by the mafia method. The Alfredo Di Silvio sentences: 4 years and 10 months in prison; Vincenzo Di Silvio: 4 years and 8 months in prison) were later confirmed on appeal, with a redetermination of the sentence only against Enrico Di Silvio (2 years and 11 months in prison).
The mafia method of Antonio Casamonica
The same fate suffered Antonio Casamonica, tried with ordinary rite, whose sentence, for injuries and private violence aggravated by the mafia method, was confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Rome, with the redetermination of the sentence to 6 years in prison, and is which became final with the judgment of the Court of Cassation. Following the execution of the precautionary orders relating to the Roxy Bar episode, the investigations continued and focused on the other members of the families, Casamonica-Di Silvio, all residents of the Romanina district, between via Devers and via Barzilai.
Drug use and trafficking
The technical activities put in place made it possible to collect a series of elements capable of configuring criminal hypotheses typical of the Casamonica-Di Silvio clan, such as usury and drug trafficking.
The role of Ivana Casamonica and “er Mortadella”
In particular, the investigations made it possible to determine that the spouses Ivana Anacleto “er Mortadella” Di Silvio (parents of Alfredo and Vincenzo Di Silvio) carried out daily activities of trafficking drugs such as cocaine. The sales made to numerous clients were made in or near the home of Casamonica-Di Silvio’s spouses, in via Barzilai, subject to telephone agreements characterized by the use of conventional terms such as “bread” and “recipes”. It was above all Ivana Casamonica who was in charge of the packaging and sale of the drug, while Anacleto Di Silvio, in addition to maintaining contacts with suppliers, also fulfilled the role of “lookout” on the street.
Alfredo “Augù” Di Silvio
The extortion behaviors also arose as part of the commercial activity, carried out by Casamonica and the brother-in-law Alfredo Di Silvio known as “Augù”. Following the arrests related to the events at the “Roxy Bar”, Ivana Casamonica had demanded sums of money from a regular “client” to cover the legal expenses of her children in prison.
Expenses of relatives in prison
Taking advantage of the psychological subjugation in which it was poured, the woman with disguised threats – consisting of telling the victim that if she wanted to maintain “peaceful” relations with the Casamónica family she would have to contribute to the aforementioned expenses – had managed to extort him. In addition, due to the non-payment of the debts accumulated for the purchase of the drug, the victim was explicitly threatened through a message left on the answering machine by a man identified as Alfredo Di Silvio called “Augù”: “… aoooò head. .. but we owe you to come home? Do we have to come play at your house? Ao! If you don’t come here tomorrow morning … we will come home to you … but you broke your dick, huh!
The intimidation
And again, Ivana Casamonica herself intimidated her interlocutor in a typically mafia way: “do what you want … look to know where you are, I don’t care, I don’t care what happens … you know we love you, you know , you know well. ”Also in this case, the conduct displayed by the aforementioned suspects undoubtedly included the extremes of the” mafia method “deductible from the expressions used and the criminal context in which they spoke.
Masters of the territory
The sentences handed down on the events that anticipated the objects of today’s precautionary custody order have clearly highlighted the territorial hegemony of the Casamonica-Di Silvio families linked to their intimidation, aimed at anyone who dares to oppose their illegal work , amounting to “masters”. Of the territory. In addition, the investigation activity also demonstrated the typical activity of the Casamonica-Di Silvio, namely, the loan of money at usurious rates and the abusive exercise of credit.
The business of usurious loans
In fact, usury turned out to be the main activity of Enrico Di Silvio, who continued to exercise it, despite being placed under house arrest for the events of Bar Roxy, with the help of his son-in-law Silvio Di Vitale (partner of his daughter Angelina) and his brother Alevino Di Silvio, reaching an interest rate of 102.5% per year and requesting bills of exchange with amounts much higher than the capital paid in guarantee.
The duo Di Silvio-Di Vitale
The intercepted conversations also revealed how the duo Enrico Di Silvio and Silvio Di Vitale were engaged in money loans granted to various people, whose total reluctance – even about the existence of such “donations” – did not allow to link the relative repayment of the sums at a usurious rate. In particular, it was Di Silvio who paid the plaintiffs the sums and managed the “repayment plans” for the loans, while Di Vitale, also in consideration of Enrico’s arrest, met directly with the debtors to collect the installments.
Blitz all’alba
For this reason, at dawn this morning, personnel from the Central Operations Service, the Rome Mobile Brigade and the “Romanina” Police Station, assisted by the Mobile Department, the Crime Prevention Department and the UPGSP Flyers , carried out an Ordinance on Custody in Prison issued by the GIP of the Rome Court, at the request of the local District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against the six belonging to the Casamonica-Di Silvio clan.
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Threats to Mayor Raggi
Casamonica came to the fore in the news recently, when some of its villas in the Gregna Sant’Andrea area were cleared and demolished. “Thanks to the Police and the Dda for the bombing that led to the arrest of six people from the Casamonica clan. They are accused of extortion aggravated by the mafia method, usury, trafficking. An arrested person also involved in a raid in the Roxy bar. There is no place in Rome for crime, “commented Mayor Raggi on Twitter.
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The first citizen who, during the first episode of the new edition of the Maurizio Costanzo Show, spoke about Roman organized crime, claiming his personal fight against the underworld and then denouncing: “After the demolition of the houses in Casamonica, I live under surveillance . to know that they were planning an attack against me and my family. ”