The agents of the Mobile Squad of Naples and of the police station of Castellammare di Stabia arrested 14 people as part of an investigation into a series of extortions in the years 2013-2016 against entrepreneurs, commercial operators and professionals operating in the territories of Castellammare di Stabia, Pompeii, Gragnano, Pimonte and Agerola.

The investigation revealed the existence of a real criminal cartel between the historic Camorra organizations (the D'Alessandro and Cesarano clans operating, respectively, in the hilly and in the "dabbasso" area of ​​Castellamare, with ramifications in Pompeii; Di Martino clan, hegemon in Gragnano, and the Afeltra clan operating in Pimonte and Agerola), substantially allied, each of which continued to constantly impose the lace in the territories of their respective competences, making use of their own intimidation power.

Among those arrested are Teresa Martone, widow of the boss Michele D'Alessandro, and some entrepreneurs, including Adolfo Greco, considered in the past a man of confidence of Raffaele Cutolo.