Mafia: CC blitz against Santapaola clan leaders, 30 arrests
'Sangue blu' investigation by the Dda of Catania on Cosa Nostra Etna

(ANSA) - CATANIA, SEPTEMBER 28 - Carabinieri of the provincial command of Catania are carrying out a precautionary custody order against over 30 suspects of the Santapaola-Ercolano clan.

The investigation by the DDA, dominated by 'Blue Blood', shed light on the recent evolutions of the dynamics of the Cosa Nostra Etna's 'family', also identifying its top elements.

The provision of the investigating judge assumes, for various reasons, the crimes of mafia association and external competition, extortion, drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons and ammunition and participation in the fraudulent transfer of values, aggravated by the mafia method. The operation involves 250 carabinieri from the Etna provincial command who are carrying out the ordinance in the provinces of Catania, Prato, L'Aquila, Enna, Perugia, Vibo Valentia, Palermo, Benevento, Syracuse and Avellino.