Catanzaro. Precautionary order against 62 suspects

In the early hours of today, the State Police enforced the precautionary order, issued by the GIP at the Court of Catanzaro, against 62 suspects, on the basis of the deemed existence of serious indications regarding the crimes, for various reasons hypothesized, against them, including, respectively, mafia-type criminal association, criminal association aimed at drug trafficking, extortion, receiving stolen goods, theft, carrying and illegal possession of firearms, for the most part are aggravated by the mafia method, and other serious crimes.

The operation is the result of the collaboration between the policemen of the mobile team - with the coordination of the Central Operational Service of the Central Anti-Crime Directorate of the State Police, supported in the execution phase by personnel of the mobile teams and of the SISCOs of various provinces of the territory, of patrols of various Crime Prevention Departments, dog units of the Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia Police Headquarters and a helicopter of the V Flight Department of the State Police.

Of the aforementioned 62 suspects, 38 are recipients of the measure of pre-trial detention in prison, while the further 24 of that of house arrest.

The provision, issued at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office - Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Catanzaro, stems from the extensive investigation activity coordinated by the Catanzaro DDA which developed through traditional type investigations, technical activities, statements by collaborators of justice, findings on the field and dynamic services in the area, within which an astonishing substance of the cocaine type was found and seized.

The circumstantial gravity, achieved, at present, on a precautionary level, through the articulated and complex investigative investigations, concerned the operation, in the city of Catanzaro, of a mafia-type criminal organization, attributable to subjects of the Roma community, settled in the southern area of ​​the city, reconstructing the organization chart, with the roles of the various associates, as well as the multiple illegal activities carried out, respectively, by the suspects, and the various operational sectors, related to the hypothesized criminal cases, capable of influencing the activities economics of the offended persons.

In particular, it concerns serious circumstantial elements regarding the current structure of the criminal organization attributable to subjects of the Roma community, with the acquisition - in the accusatory hypothesis - of an autonomous operation for the management of criminal activities, freeing itself from role, held in the past, of the operating terminal of the 'Ndrangheta clans in the Crotone area, with the independent management of extortion activities, as well as drug dealing activities, in the Catanzaro area.

In this context, in the precautionary order, against the suspects drawn from the respective measures adopted, the circumstantial gravity was currently considered, among other things, for crimes against property, including thefts preparatory to extortion activities, extortion, as well as drug dealing and trafficking.

The circumstantial gravity acquired at a precautionary level also concerned the structure and modus operandi of two criminal associations aimed at trafficking various types of narcotic substances, mainly cocaine.

In particular, one of the two hypothesized criminal structures falls within the city of Catanzaro, with drug supply channels, through suppliers in the province of Reggio Calabria and Crotone, and with widespread drug dealing activities, from inside the home - continuously manned and made safe by video surveillance systems – identified by the association as an operational base for the detention, concealment, preparation, packaging and sale of the narcotic substance.

The second association, characterized by a family-based structure, would operate between the provinces of Catanzaro and Crotone, in the territorial area falling between the south-eastern area of ​​the province of Catanzaro and the neighboring area of ​​Crotone, including the municipalities of Steccato di Cutro (KR). and Cutro (KR).

The emergencies acquired during the investigations have also outlined, at present, on a precautionary level, the circumstantial gravity of a member of the Penitentiary Police, on duty at the Catanzaro prison, who allegedly made himself available to some suspects, to convey messages and directives to and from the aforementioned prison.

The proceeding for the alleged offenses is currently in the preliminary investigation stage.

Catanzaro. Precautionary order against 62 suspects