Naples, arrests today: maxi blitz in the night between Forcella and Maddalena, the mother of boss Mazzarella is also in prison
The vast police operation underway from the early hours of the morning
Monday 5 December 2022, 07:30 - Last update 09:50

From the early hours of the morning in Naples, in the Forcella and Maddalena districts , a vast operation by the State police has been underway in execution of an order issued by the Court of Naples at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against about twenty people seriously suspected of mafia-type association, extortion and possession of weapons, in various capacities linked to the Mazzarella clan .

Among the recipients of the arrests in prison there is also Antonietta Virenti , 64, the mother of the boss Michele Mazzarella , son of the clan leader Vincenzo. According to what emerged from the investigations of the mobile team (coordinated by the first manager Alfredo Fabbrocini), the clan also imposed the "pizzo" on the street vendors of the Maddalena market, forced to pay or to buy the clan's goods. And those who didn't pay were beaten, even publicly, as happened to a merchant who was slapped while he was at work.

Another prominent element of the Mazzarella clan is Massimo Ferraiuolo : an arrest in prison has also been issued and notified against him.