Bari, boss Eugenio Palermiti arrested: he was the instigator of an ambush against a peer
Editorial Board
February 12, 2024

Eugenio Palermiti , 69 years old, historic boss of the Parisi-Palermiti clan operating in the Japigia district of Bari , was arrested this morning by the flying squad agents .

Palermiti is believed to be the instigator of an armed ambush which took place in November 2013 in Japigia: the victim, a peer of the 69-year-old, was hit in the legs with two gunshots which caused him several fractures.

According to what has been reconstructed by the investigations, the victim of the ambush, which took place according to mafia methods, was well integrated into the social fabric of the city due to the responsible role he held in a newspaper and magazine distribution agency: the victim, on several occasions, he would have granted favors to Palermiti by exploiting his knowledge. Then the refusal to continue and then the "revenge" culminating in the ambush with the aim of inducing the victim to ask the 69-year-old for help .

Palermiti, taken to prison by the police, is accused of persecutory acts and private violence aggravated by the mafia method also for other events that occurred between 2021 and 2022 against three people who had decided to collaborate with justice and their relatives. The objective was to induce the would-be repentants to recant and remove their respective families from the Japigia neighborhood of Bari.