"CRYSTAL TOWER"
Ties between the Torretta clan and the mafia in the US, one of the arrested returns free
05 August 2021
mafia, turret, Palermo, Chronicle
A frame from one of the interceptions of the "Crystal Tower" operation

Filippo Gambino, 55 years old from Torretta, was released from prison. His arrest was overturned by the review court following the petition presented by his lawyer, Pietro Sapienza. Gambino, who ended up in prison at dawn on July 14th as part of the " Crystal Tower " anti-mafia operation , returns free.

The judge, in fact, in revoking the arrest did not give any other precautionary measure. The reasons will be announced within the next 45 days.

"We pointed out from the beginning that there was no serious evidence of guilt - says Pietro Sapienza, Gambino's lawyer -. In our opinion, there are no elements that prove the involvement of my client. The arrest was based on a series of indirect interceptions, that is to say from third-party interviews. There are two or three direct interceptions that have also been interpreted ».

Filippo Gambino ended up in the investigation together with 10 other suspects in various capacities, of mafia-type association, drug possession, personal aiding and abetting and attempted extortion with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method and to have ties with the New York mafia.