ROS anti-mafia blitz in Valguarnera Caropepe, seven arrests
Enna's family had reorganized itself after the release of boss Sebastiano Gurgone in 2019
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Seven people were arrested by the Carabinieri del Ros and by the soldiers of the Provincial Command of Enna, during the anti-mafia operation called "Stiela" which shed light on the interests of Cosa Nostra in the Dittaino Valley, the main production area of ??Ennese, with the pressures of the racket on entrepreneurs, and on the internal balance of the organization after the release of Sebastiano Gurgone in 2019, now back in prison at the age of 71, together with Sebastiano Calcagno, 34, Giuseppe and Cristofero Scibona, father and son aged 70 and 45 respectively, all residents of Valguarnera Caropepe, on charges of mafia-style criminal association and extortion aggravated by the mafia method.

Antonino Martorana, 51 years old, accused of money laundering, Filippo Greco, 63, who allegedly provided support and assistance to the members of the organization, and finally Rosario Catalano, 84 years old, for the crime of usury, ended up under house arrest.

Gurgone, since his release from prison, would have implemented a system of collecting protection money "with the indispensable complicity - is the thesis of the magistrates - of Calcagno, Cristofero and Giuseppe Scibona". The money would arrive "on an annual basis" from two entrepreneurs.

The clan headed by Gurgone himself - on several occasions, the boss would have proclaimed with satisfaction his status as a man of honor - would also have had the availability of weapons, some of which belonged to Domenico Calcagno, considered an "element of importance" of Cosa Nostra from Enna killed in 2003 due to internal conflicts within the mafia, as well as father of Sebastiano, one of Gurgone's closest collaborators, together with Cristofero and Giuseppe Scibona, respectively nephew and brother-in-law of the deceased mafia boss.

Martorana also apparently played a role in one of the two extortions, issuing an invoice in favor of the victim for services never performed with the aim of disguising the real reason for the transfer of money. Greco, on the other hand, would have acted as an intermediary between Gurgone and the owner of a commercial business in Valguarnera Caropepe, while Catalano would have loaned money to the same victim.