Mafia: new blow to Agrigento clans, 9 arrests
Operation "siege", returns to the domiciliary municipal councilor

(ANSA) - AGRIGENTO, 12 JULY - The Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Agrigento carried out 9 pre-trial detention orders issued against top executives and affiliates of the mafia families of "Cosa Nostra" in Licata (Ag) and Campobello di Licata (Ag) . The operation, carried out on the input of the Palermo District Anti-Mafia Directorate with the code name "Assedio", follows the investigation that on 19 June had already triggered 7 detentions for armed mafia association. The Carabinieri have thus dealt a new heavy blow to the mafia families of Licata and Campobello di Licata. Once again under house arrest for external competition in a Mafia association a local councilor in charge of Licata, Giuseppe Scozzari, who had resigned precisely following the first arrest. On him, the Public Prosecutors provided the Palermo magistrate with further elements that would have further strengthened the probationary framework. During the stalking, the carabinieri filmed summit and secret meetings between the top management and the mafia gang members. Even an extortion for construction work in Germany has been ascertained. Also documented the interests of the clan in the slot machine sector, through a compliant distribution company of electronic gaming equipment.