Camorra: extortion, 10 arrests in the Caserta area

Naples, 23 May 09:52 - (Nova Agency)- In the province of Caserta, on charges of extortion aggravated by the mafia method, ten people were arrested by the Operations Section of the Carabinieri Company of Casal di Principe, in the province of Caserta, following an order issued by the investigating judge of the court of Naples, at the request of the Neapolitan Anti-Mafia District Directorate. The arrested would be members of a Camorra group formed around the figure of Mario De Luca, a historic exponent of the Casalesi clan, in an attempt to take advantage of the criminal vacuum that had arisen thanks to the arrests made over the years by the police. The investigations made it possible to identify the ten arrested (5 in prison and 5 under house arrest), who had extended their network of extortion in the territories of Casal di Principe, Teverola, Frignano, San Cipriano d'Aversa, Marcianise and Castel Volturno. The criminal group acted both directly against the traders and indirectly through the acquisition of a bribe on the debt collection of sums owed.