"Game Over" for the Briganti clan: seventeen arrests are made at dawn for mafia, drugs, extortion and weapons
April 8, 2022

LECCE - The blitz that at dawn today led to the arrest of seventeen people believed to belong to the Briganti clan of Lecce was called "Game Over".

The vast operation is underway between Lecce and its province by the State Police, which is carrying out a precautionary detention measure issued by the Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Lecce Court at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate - for crimes of mafia-type criminal association, association aimed at trafficking and marketing drugs, extortion and violation of the law on weapons.

Further details will be announced at a press conference.