Mafia: seven arrests in the Resuttana district
The state police investigations coordinated by the DDA
PALERMO , 15 November 2023, 6.33pm

ANSA editorial team

Seven arrest orders for mafia have been executed against alleged mafiosi in the Resuttana district of Palermo. The state police carried out the precautionary order in continuation of that of last July which led to the arrest of 18 people.

The role of Salvatore Genova as the alleged mafia boss had emerged, supported by his right-hand man Sergio Giannusa.

Today the new blitz coordinated by the Palermo DDA, directed by Maurizio de Lucia. The crimes charged are mafia association, extortion and robbery. As the investigations continued, other extortion incidents came to light. The owner of a business in the area would also have been part of the mafia family. The police also reconstructed an episode of violence: a businessman was beaten to steal his car. He was a "pawn", since he was considered "guilty" of having accrued a debt towards one of the suspects. During the operation, a Skorpion model machine gun with abraded serial number was found in the house of one of the arrested men.


Anti-mafia operation in Syracuse, the Borgata clan hit, 19 arrests
by Editorial Staff | 11/15/2023

The Carabinieri of the provincial command of Syracuse have carried out an arrest order against 19 people seriously suspected of the crime of criminal association aimed at the possession and dealing of narcotics, weapons and other substances.

This is an investigation, coordinated by the Anti-Mafia District Prosecutor's Office of Catania, which targeted the Borgata mafia clan, an offshoot of the Bottaro-Attanasio clan , linked to the Santapaola gang of Catania. Over 100 carabinieri were employed for this operation.

During the investigations, the Carabinieri discovered that the group, using remotely piloted drones, tried to smuggle drugs and mobile phones, hidden in vacuum-packed food, into the Syracuse prison.