Another blitz in the night in the province of Trapani. The policemen of the operational central service and the colleagues of the mobile teams of Trapani and Palermo who carried out thirteen arrests ordered by the Palermo anti-mafia district directorate.

The Calatafimi - Segesta clan has been hit.

The allegations against the suspects are, for various reasons, mafia association, extortion, fire, theft, personal aiding and electoral corruption, aggravated by the mafia method.

In handcuffs, the new head of the mafia family of Calatafimi, which is part of the Alcamo district, is finished: it is Nicolò Pidone, 57, a former seasonal worker of the Forestry who had already been arrested in 2012, after having served his sentence he was back in service with an even more authoritative role. According to the investigations, clan meetings were held in his farm.

Salvatore Barone, former president of ATM, the municipal transport company of Trapani, was also arrested . He is accused of mafia association. Today he runs a social winery.

Stefano Leo was also arrested in the blitz , believed to be very close to the boss Vito Gondola, the boss of Mazara who in recent years managed the communication system of the superlatant Matteo Messina Denaro.

A guarantee notice was also notified to the mayor of Calatafimi, Antonino Accardo , accused of electoral corruption and attempted extortion, with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia.
Against Accardo there are some wiretaps, in one of which they talk about votes in exchange for money, 50 euros per vote. For him also the accusation of attempted extortion.

Accardo, a retired teacher, was elected a year and a half ago. After those of Castellammare del Golfo, Nicola Rizzo, and Paceco, Giuseppe Scarcella, is the third mayor of Trapani involved in investigations related to Cosa Nostra in recent months.

Among the suspects there is also an agent of the penitentiary police on duty in the Palermo prison of Pagliarelli: he is accused of disclosing confidential information.