The Carabinieri in Bari and in other localities of Puglia arrested 104 alleged affiliates of the clans "Mercante-Diomede" and "Capriati".
The provision arises from a survey coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Bari that has rebuilt the organizational structures, criminal activities and the ability of infiltration of clans in the economic and social fabric of the city and the province of Bari.
From the investigation emerged the clan affiliation rituals, the availability of weapons also from war like Kalashnikov and relations with exponents of the Foggiana crime group and of the Sacra Corona Unita of Lecce.
Among those arrested, considered a participant of the Mercante-Diomede clan, there is Roberto De Biasi, vice president of the anti-racket association in Molfetta, an entrepreneur in the private security sector.