Contracts rigged in Reggio, agreement between bosses, entrepreneurs and public managers: 19 suspects

External competition in association of the mafia type, criminal association aimed at disrupting the auction, as well as fictitious header - aggravated by the mafia method - corruption, environmental crimes and abuse of office. These are the crimes contested by 19 suspects in Reggio Calabria who received the provision of "Notice of conclusion of preliminary investigations".

The police operation - called "Rupes" - is based on the results of the investigations conducted by the Gico GICO of the Economic and Financial Police Unit of Reggio Calabria, against "colluded" entrepreneurs with representatives of the city gangs and corrupt public officials who, by associating between them, they determined favorably - between 2009 and 2013 - for companies attributable to subjects contiguous to the families "Condello", "Libri", "Tegano", as well as "Paviglianiti" of San Lorenzo and "Iamonte" of Melito di Porto Salvo , the results of various tenders for public works.