‘Ndrangheta, former councilor of Reggio Calabria arrested: “He was the leading politician of the Serraino clan”

There is also the former councilor of Reggio Calabria Old seby among those detained by the mobile brigade and by carabinieri del Ros as part of the investigation Pedigree 2 against cosca serraino. He is accused of mafia association. For the prosecutor Giovanni bombardieri and for DDA replacements Stefano musolino, Sara Amerio and Walter Ignazitto He was the “clan political reference”.

The clan assured him “substantial packages of votes on the occasion of the elections “and” took advantage of the role of councilor and councilor to guarantee favors to members of the clan to which he belongs and to exponents of other Joints of the ‘Ndrangheta of Reggio“. Operation Pedegree 2 is the follow-up to the investigation that in July had led to the arrest of 12 people, including the regent of the Serraino clan, Maurizio cortese, and his wife Stefania pitasi considered promoter of the clan and “spokesman“In the territory of the detained husband. In that investigation, the police had also detained Antonino Filocamo, the manager of a bar considered alien to the mafia faction. However, a few weeks after the precautionary custody order, Filocamo chose to collaborate with justice and his statements were used by prosecutors to rebuild another piece of the Serraino clan.

It was precisely the new repentant who explained that “Seby Vecchio a week before we were arrested assured us that we (those of the Serraino group) were not running any particular legal risk: he spoke with me one Sunday morning after my return from Verona. We are in San Sperato at the crossroads after Cataforio ”. But Old seby he was not just a politician. Deputy Director of State Police, in fact, the detained person would have made sure “protection to associates“And would have acquired”confidential information about ongoing investigations“. It would also have facilitated – it is written in the position -” the clan leaders’ hideout who wanted to escape capture “and supported” gli economic interests of the association and their bosses, facilitating the opening of commercial activities and establishing de facto corporate relationships (through the use of a fictitious headers) to allow the start-up of new business activities and avoid the risk of seizures. “

In addition to Seby Vecchio, the arrest warrant was executed against four other subjects. Antonio Serraino known as “Nino” ended up in jail, Francesco Russo known as “Ciccio lo Scalzo“, Antonino Fallanca and Paolo Russo alias “Zamburro”. The latter together with “Ciccio Lo Scalzo” organized “the rites of affiliation of the new followers and delivering the gifts of ndrangheta, participating in the corresponding ceremonies.” Returning to the former councilman arrested, the justice collaborator also spoke about him Vittorio Giuseppe Fregona. He had already done so in the interrogation on September 3, 2009 when “in unequivocal terms – prosecutors write – he had recognized the mobilization of the Serraino clan to support him in the electoral process. “The politician Sebi Vecchio we invented it – He had left a record of the regrets – and went up thanks to us. We made a propaganda… promoting all our knowledge ”.

After being elected by the ‘Ndrangheta, according to the accusations, Vecchio wanted to leave and not respect the agreements. By the way, the repentant Fregona also explained that “at the beginning he wanted to be a good boy Sebastiano Vecchio, to get away… Two cars caught fire. He wanted to do everything right … We called him and he says they burned two cars because … he did … piece of shit as they say… Favors are jobs ”. His collaborators Carlo Mesiano also informed the magistrates (“… each politician in Reggio is supported by a family: for example Vecchio Sebastiano is supported by the Serraino clan“), Marco Marino (” … In the electoral period of 2006-2007 I met Alessandro Serraino who told me not to make commitments with anyone since the Serraino family supported Sebastiano Vecchio, candidate for the Municipality of Reggio Calabria: me He said that if il Vecchio had been elected he would have given us a hand at the municipal level “) and Mariolino gennaro (“I remember there was this election campaign that sponsored this Seby Vecchio”).

The former counselor is also accused of dummy header because he had registered to his son Mattia the ownership and formal availability of the income and assets of the company attributable to the “Al Mattyla Enogastronomic Cultural Association” which operated, in fact, as a commercial establishment for the administration of food and beverages, as “Al Mattyla Restaurant“The reality, according to the prosecutor, is that the owners were the bosses Maurizio cortese me Domenico Morabito. “The state police – explained the police commissioner Bruno Megale – have within them antibodies capable of neutralizing the infidel elements and bad apples. The arrest of Seby Vecchio is the clearest proof of this ”.