Naples, 25 arrests today: the Sangermano clan defeated, the patron saint's bow in front of the boss's house



As part of a coordinated investigation by the Naples Anti-Mafia District Directorate, the Carabinieri of the investigative nucleus of the Castello di Cisterna group and staff of the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate carried out an order for precautionary custody in prison, issued by the Court of Naples, against 25 subjects affiliated to the Sangermano clan seriously suspected of mafia-type association, extortion, fraudulent transfer of values, illicit competition, usury, self-laundering and carrying and illegal possession of common firearms, the latter crimes aggravated by the purposes and methods mafia.

The investigative activity, carried out from 2016 to 2019, made it possible to highlight the operation of the criminal association, based in San Paolo Bel Sito with interests largely in the countryside of Nola and in a part of the province of Avellino, tending to affirm its hegemonic control over the territory of interest, even with the availability of an important quantity of common firearms.

As a demonstration of the pressing presence of the clan in the area, during the procession of the patron saint of the town, the effigy of the Saint was made to "bow" in front of the house of the clan chief.

During the activities, the carabinieri also executed a preventive seizure decree, for a value of approximately 30 million euros, on properties (land and buildings), companies, cars and financial relationships.