Anti-mafia blitz in Palermo, the Guardia di Finanza arrested 10 between Cosa Nostra members (Porta Nuova and Pagliarelli 'mandamenti') and frontmen involved in the business of legal bets in Sicily and other regions on charges of mafia-type association, external mafia association, money laundering and fraudulent transfer of values ​​aggravated by mafia aiding. Companies worth 40 millions euros have been seized. The expansion of the network of betting agencies and corners managed by the seized companies was guaranteed by the protectionist umbrella of the mafia families with whom the suspects they have constantly interacted.

The clans of Porta Nuova and Pagliarelli would have allowed the expansion of the network of betting agencies and corners managed by the companies close to the Mafia. The latter would have guaranteed the opening of centers controlled by the mafioso Salvatore Sorrentino. Behind the operation there was also the gang of Porta Nuova that re-used the money earned from investments in the agencies to keep the mafia affiliates detained and to have a "life annuity" for the family members of Nicolò Ingarao, the boss murdered few years ago.

Also involved in the deal are the "mandamenti" of Noce, Brancaccio, Santa Maria di Gesù and Belmonte Mezzagno and San Lorenzo, which would have given the go-ahead for the opening of betting centers in their territories. The economic operations would have been planned during the summit which would also have been attended by the top leaders of Pagliarelli's mandate: Settimo Mineo and Salvatore Sorrentino, arrested in recent months.