Mafia: maxi operation in Foggia, dozens of arrests AMTwo thousand July 24, 2023
Since the early hours, the largest anti-mafia operation ever carried out in the city of Foggia has been underway, conventionally called "Game Over". About 500 soldiers of the Carabinieri are carrying out a precautionary measure issued by the investigating judge of the Court of Bari, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Bari, with the support of the National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate, against several dozen top subjects, affiliated and contiguous to the violent criminal organization of mafia origin known as the "Società Foggiana". Arrests and searches are underway, as well as in Capitanata, also in other provinces of the national territory. The details of the operation, still in progress, will be provided during a press conference at the offices of the DDA in Bari,Giovanni Melillo , of the magistrates of the DDA of Bari and of the leaders of the carabinieri.
Between the clans agreement on cocaine trafficking The criminal organizations of the Foggia mafia, defined as the 'society', had reached an agreement on the trafficking of narcotic substances worth millions of euros a year, especially cocaine. The proceeds thus made were used to support the activities of the clans and the families of the prisoners. According to what emerged from the investigations, the three Moretti-Pellegrino-Lanza , Sinesi-Francavilla , and Trisciuoglio -Prencipe-Tolonese clans, had overcome rivalries to agree on the single management of drug trafficking. The 'society' would have imposed the obligation to introduce cocaine supplied by the cartel into the city circuit at a price of 55 euros per gram, higher than the 48 euros applied by drug dealers who were not part of the partnership. The proceeds were used to replenish the common fund of the Foggia mafia and support the families of the prisoners. Among the recipients of the precautionary order are also Roberto Russo , known as the Colombian, killed in Foggia on 25 March last year; and Rocco Moretti and Ciro Francavilla , considered prominent elements of the Foggia mafia.
