(ANSA) – BARI, 07 DEC – The mafia had taken control of the Manfredonia fish trade, forcing fishermen to sell fish to companies controlled by the organization, in the belief that “the sea is ours”, Pietro La said in an interception Torre, one of the clan leaders who ended up in prison today as part of an investigation by the Carabinieri del Ros, coordinated by the DDA of Bari. 32 were arrested, 26 in prison and 6 under house arrest, out of a total of 44 under investigation. Among these are prejudiced and complacent entrepreneurs.
The investigation coordinated by the prosecutors Ettore Cardinali, Luciana Silvestris, with the coordination of the deputy prosecutor Francesco Giannella and the prosecutor Roberto Rossi and in collaboration with the deputy of the National Anti-Mafia Directorate Giuseppe Gatti, started in July 2017. In four years, thanks to wiretapping, technical activities, stalking and statements by three collaborators of justice, the investigators ascertained that the mafia group, for the first time recognized as such, of the Romito-Lombardi-Ricucci, had a monopoly on the fish market in Manfredonia and also controlled activities pastries and agri-food industries, in the Mattinata area, carrying out scams to the INPS and the European Union. The investigations then documented the group’s operations in the sector of drug trafficking, in particular cocaine, in the restaurant sector to launder dirty money and in that of assaults on security guards.
At the same time as the arrests, the carabinieri seized assets for almost 7 million euros, including furniture, buildings and the two companies managed by the clan, Primo Pesca and La Marittica. (HANDLE).
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