Mafia, extortion and exchange vote: raid with 31 arrests in Messina. During the night, in an operation carried out by the carabinieri, the financial police and the police, custody was ordered for 21 in prison, for 10 under house arrest, for 2 the obligation to submit to the judicial police.

The investigation, coordinated by the Messina DDA, led by the prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia, made it possible to discover the illegal activities in the central area of ​​Messina. Document extortion, drug trafficking and the control of commercial activities in the field of catering and betting on sporting events.

In particular, the investigations by the carabinieri concerned the "family" of Giovanni Lo Duca, boss of the Provincial district ; the financial police focused on Salvatore Sparacio at Fondo Pugliatti. The police men, on the other hand, concerned the Giovanni De Luca clan, active in Maregrosso .