Anti-Camorra blitz in Caivano, the "protection" of the Angelino clan hit: 14 arrests including a policeman from San Cipriano

The investigations documented at least 36 cases of extortion from traders and entrepreneurs in the area

Caivano (Naples), 12 March 2024 – Anti-Camorra blitz at dawn in Caivano where the Carabinieri arrested 14 people, believed to belong to organized crime . The operation was conducted by the Carabinieri of the investigative unit of the Castello di Cisterna group to execute 13 custody warrants in prison and one under house arrest by the investigating judge of Naples, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate. The crimes contested, for various reasons, are mafia-type association, extortion and attempted extortion, crimes aggravated by the mafia method. At the center of the investigations are the Angelino clan's requests for protection money against entrepreneurs and traders in Caivano and the surrounding areas.

The investigations

An agent of the local police of the Municipality of San Cipriano (Caserta) is also among the 14 suspects arrested today by the Carabinieri of Castello di Cisterna. With the investigations, which concern the period between May and November 2023, the military found a real roundup of the economic realities of the territories (Caivano and surrounding areas) to be subjected to extortion: in fact, 36 extortion episodes were carried out or attempted from the documented Angelino clan. Some of the recipients of the precautionary measures are also held responsible for having favored the absconding of the head of the criminal group Antonio Angelino, known as "Tibiuccio", identified and arrested on 9 July 2023.