Anti-mafia blitz in Foggia: the 'Company' on the ropes, barrage of arrests in the 'Decimabis' operation This is the most important anti-mafia activity carried out in the capital in substantial continuation of the 'Tenth Action'. This time the 'gray area' of the city has been hit
Foggia Today 16 november 2020 07:19
Since dawn today, a maxi anti-mafia operation is underway in the heart of the city of Foggia, called 'Decimabis', by the 'State Squad'. Hundreds of police officers and carabinieri are carrying out a precautionary measure issued against dozens of subjects affiliated and contiguous to the criminal organization of mafia matrix known as the 'Foggiana Society'.
The complex and articulated investigation activity - carried out by a task force composed of investigators from the 1st Division of the Sco, the mobile teams of Bari and Foggia, as well as the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Carabinieri Command of Foggia - also in response to the attacks that took place at beginning of the year in the city, was coordinated by the National Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Directorate, the Bari District Anti-Mafia Directorate and the Foggia Public Prosecutor's Office.
This is the most important anti-mafia activity carried out in the capital in contrasting the criminal pervasiveness of the three batteries 'Moretti / Pellegrino / Lanza' - 'Sinesi / Francavilla' and 'Trisciuoglio / Tolonese / Prencipe', mainly operating in the sector of extortion against local traders and entrepreneurs, in substantial continuation with the previous similar operation against the Foggia mafia crime of 2018, called 'Decima Action'. This time the 'gray area' of the city was also affected. The details of the operation, still in progress, will be provided in the course of the morning.
