Mafia, the hands of the Società foggiana on EU funds: 48 arrests, 4 regional officials in jail and the "king" of the Apulian PSR.

The carabinieri del Ros carried out precautionary measures issued by the Court of Bari against 48 people, all arrested, 41 in prison and 7 under house arrest, under investigation for various reasons for association of type mafia, money laundering, extortion, illicit competition with threats or violence, kidnapping for the purpose of extortion, illegal possession of weapons and explosives, scams to obtain public funds.

The investigation by the Carabinieri, after the capture of the fugitive Francesco Russo in Romania, focused on the "Sinesi-Francavilla" clan, one of the hegemonic mafia organizations in the province of Foggia.

Manlio Cassandro, an agronomist, 61 years old, owner of the homonymous studio in Barletta that deals with European funding, which currently holds the largest number of applications presented in the Region, ended up in prison .