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The gang handled clandestine gambling and drug trafficking
The Carabinieri of the Messina Provincial Command have executed a preventive custody order against 33 people accused, for various reasons, of mafia association, clandestine horse races, clandestine gambling in unauthorized sports competitions, mistreatment of animals, fraudulent transfer of securities, extortion , association directed to drug trafficking, drug dealing. The investigation was coordinated by the Messina DDA led by the prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia. The operation allowed the Galli clan to be disorganized and a drug distribution network that operates in various districts of Messina identified. The investigation documented the clan’s control of the gambling business in underground horse races organized at night in the city and suburbs. The roads chosen for the races are closed to traffic by groups of youth on scooters and motorcycles recruited by the clan to allow the smooth passage of horse-drawn carriages.
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