Interests of the 'ndrangheta in Umbria, investigations concluded for 96 people
February 19, 2020

96 people to whom the DDA of Catanzaro notified the notice of conclusion of the preliminary investigations in the context of the "Infectio" investigation which on 12 December last led to the execution of 23 arrests, twenty in prison and three to house arrest , and the seizure of assets for 10 million euros.

The charges contested by the suspects are, for various reasons, mafia association, criminal association aimed at trafficking drugs, possession and concealment of illegal weapons, extortion, threats, private violence and criminal association aimed at the commission of a series of crimes of accounting or economic-financial nature which had as their objective fraud against the banking system.

The notice of conclusion of the investigations, signed by the deputy prosecutors Domenico Guarascio, Paolo Sirleo, Antonio De Bernardo and Andrea Giuseppe Buzzelli, explores what emerged in May 2019 on the occasion of the " Malapianta " operation regarding the illegal activities of the gangs of ' ndrangheta of San Leonardo di Cutro (Mannolo, Zoffreo and Trapazzo) and their projection in Umbria, where they would have implanted a lucrative drug traffic even with the complicity of exponents of Albanian crime, altering, through extortion, free competition in execution of construction works.

The gangs were also active in favor of candidates for local administrative consultations. The alleged criminal activities would have been agreed with the Grande Aracri di Cutro gang, on which the San Leonardo faction depends.