Mafia, police raid in the Agrigento area: seven arrests

Anti-mafia blitz in the Agrigento area. The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Agrigento, at the first light of dawn, carried out 7 precautionary measures as part of an investigation coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Palermo. The mafia families of Lucca Sicula, Burgio, Ribera and Favara were hit. Among those arrested are the leaders of the district and the local mafia family of Burgio and Lucca Sicula.

The precautionary order measures were issued by the investigating judge at the Court of Palermo at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate -, against 7 suspects (of which 4 in prison, 2 under house arrest and 1 under residence obligation), seriously suspected, in various capacities, of being part of the mafia association called "Cosa Nostra" and, in particular, of the mafia district of Lucca Sicula and Ribera.

The investigative activity, directed by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Palermo and conducted by the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Command of Agrigento, with the aid of technical activities, in the period between April 2021 and July 2023, originates from the investigations launched following the murder of Vincenzo Corvo which occurred in April 2020 and for which the perpetrators have not yet been identified.

However, the aforementioned activity made it possible to highlight the full operation of the association, documenting numerous meetings aimed at directly and indirectly acquiring the management and control of economic activities, contracts and public services, to achieve unfair profits and advantages, intervening on local administrations.