Dia: '' Catania, a crucial hub for drug trafficking ''

"The structure of the criminal organizations in the Sicilian territory is heterogeneous, highlighting in the western part of the island 'families' that are more rigidly structured and anchored to the reference territory, while in the central-eastern part there are more fluid and flexible associations". This is what emerges from the Dia's six-monthly report, presented to Parliament, regarding the analysis of the mafia phenomenon and its evolutionary profiles in Sicily in 2020.
According to what emerges from the Report of the Dia, the Catania mafia landscape is firmly anchored to historical and consolidated criminal organizations. "It continues to maintain an undisputed hegemony in the entire eastern part of the island, including the Peloritana area - Nebroidea, as well as in certain areas of the Ennese". Furthermore, Cosa Nostra Catania still maintains a pyramid structure even today. Anchored in a vertical position are the Cosa Nostra Etna families of the Santapaola-Ercolano , the Mazzei , the La Rocca and the Ramacca families . At the intermediate level, however, "there is the presence of highly organized associations, such as that of the Cappello-Bonaccorsi and the Laudani, while the organization is based on the affiliates of the Pillera and Sciuto clans , Cursoti , Piacenti and Nicotra , partly incorporated into the better organized mafia families ”.
Dia also pays particular attention to the drug trafficking of Cosa Nostra in Catania. A criminal sector that has always been of greater interest and profitability for mafia organizations. The investigative activities conducted in the semester, in fact, "confirm that drug trafficking and dealing continues to be one of the main criminal activities, as well as the collaboration between Catania factions, clans from Campania and Calabrian 'ndrine, as well as a consolidated exchange of relations with Malta ".