Palermo Mafia, police raid begins with 19 arrests – Names

PALERMO – This time it's the turn of the mafia in the province of Palermo to suffer a severe blow. Nineteen people were arrested in a raid by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command. The Trabia mafia mandamento was hit, which includes the families of Termini Imerese, Caccamo, Trabia, Vicari and Cerda–Sciara.

Anti-mafia blitz, the crimes contested

These are the crimes contested: mafia association, extortion, damage followed by fire, personal injury, threats, fire, illegal possession and carrying of firearms, fraudulent transfer of valuables, home burglary, personal aiding and abetting, disturbed freedom of auctions, committed with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method.

The organizational chart of the mandamento has been reconstructed

The provision arises from an investigative activity conducted by the territorial department of the Carabinieri of Termini Imerese from 2015 to 2022, to monitor the Trabia mafia district. Extortion cases against traders and entrepreneurs have been reconstructed. The organizational chart of the Trabia mafia mandamento and the families connected to it has been redefined, identifying top management and regents, to prevent its reorganization.

The names of those arrested

Here are the names of those arrested: Massimo Andolina (Petralia Sottana, 48 years old); Tommaso Consiglio (Palermo, 52 years old); Biagio Esposto Sumadele (Palermo, 46 ??years old); Pietro Erco (Torre del Greco, 60 years old); Giuseppe Galbo (Sciara, 65 years old); Giuseppe Lo Bianco (Palermo, 32 years old); Salvatore Macaluso (Vicari, 59 years old); Salvatore Mario Monastero (Caccamo, 68 years old); Pietro Passafiume (Termini Imerese, 34 years old); Antonio Luigi Piraino (Cerda, 63 years old); Gaetano Pravatà (Palermo, 51 years old); Ignazio Saccio (Vicari, 56 years old); Rosario Saccio (Vicari, 55 years old); Francesco Sampognaro (Caccamo, 58 years old); Calogero Sinagra (Sciara, 66 years old); Antonino Teresi (Sciara, 62 years old); Francesco Turturici (Trabia, 67 years old); Carmelo Umina (Vicari, 62 years old); Massimiliano Vallone (Palermo, 46 ??years old).