Anti-mafia operation in Catania, the Pillera-Puntina clan hit

Anti-mafia operation by the Catania Police against the Pillera-Puntina clan.

Dozens of agents are carrying out a precautionary custody order as part of an investigation, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, into the "criminal interests of subjects linked, including by blood ties, to Giacomo Maurizio Ieni".

The crimes hypothesized by the investigating judge, for various reasons, are possession and carrying of common firearms, extortion aggravated by the mafia method, usury, fraudulent transfer of values, association aimed at trafficking in narcotic substances, with the aggravating circumstance of being the armed association, as well as detention for the purpose of drug dealing.

During the Flying Squad's investigations, between 2021 and 2022, in response to the investigative findings, several arrests were made in flagrante delicto for extortion and drug dealing. Recipients of the precautionary measure also belong to other Catania mafia groups. Details on the operation, called 'Double Breasted', will be announced during a press conference to be held at 10.30 in the Police Headquarters offices.