The District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Palermo has delegated the State Police to execute the precautionary custody order in prison against 8 suspects accused, in various capacities, of mafia-style criminal association, extortion aggravated by the mafia method, trafficking of drugs and illegal possession of weapons. The investigation, coordinated by the Palermo District Directorate and conducted by the Flying Squad and the local Sisco, involved the Brancaccio area and the mafia families that make up the district of the same name, Brancaccio, Roccella-Guarnaschelli and Corso dei Mille, outlining the new organizational structures of mafia groups.
During the investigations, evidence would have been acquired on the rise of the current representatives of the district, who would have taken over the management of the main illicit activities following the recent judicial and investigative pressure that involved the Brancaccio district. Several cases of extortion have emerged against various types of commercial activities, targeting every form of commercial activity such as hotels, mechanical workshops and even street food vendors with the 'pincer' system. Furthermore, the interest of the suspects in the management of the drug dealing areas emerged, especially in the Sperone district, where the criminal pressure of the mafia gang manifested itself through the management of the supply channels of the narcotic, and through the disbursement of a monthly sum for carrying out the illicit activity in the area of interest.
The propensity of the suspects to extend their business control within the district area would also have emerged in the management of online gaming and betting, with the preparation of ".com" panels, extraneous to the legal mechanism whose issuing authorization is under the jurisdiction of the Monopolies Agency. In this context, the recent criminal incident appears to have arisen which in recent days has resulted, in typical mafia-style fashion, in the murder of a man, involved in the proceedings, and in the serious wounding of another associate, whose alleged perpetrators were already subjected to a restrictive measure by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Palermo. In the same operational context, Carabinieri personnel were delegated to carry out the same restrictive measure against another suspect associated with the mafia.
