Historical names of Salento crime appear in an anti-mafia investigation that resulted in a blitz carried out in the night by the carabinieri. Drugs, extortion, usury to the detriment of some traders and infiltration into the municipal apparatus, in particular in the town of Aradeo in the logic of the exchange vote. Fifteen arrests.

The organization referred to the Coluccia clan, one of the historical associations active for decades in Salento, in particular in the territories of Galatina and neighboring countries. The associates had weapons at their disposal; they managed the sale of drugs, demanding payment of the so-called "point" by the drug dealers. And they had also infiltrated the political-administrative centers of power through the exchange vote. A political-mafia pact with representatives of local administrations. A branching, according to the papers, managed by Michele Coluccia, indicated as the chief promoter. In particular in a town in the Salento hinterland, in exchange for economic benefits.