Naples: Pezzella Clan hit, custody order executed against 20 people

It was a custody order in prison was executed issued by the GIP of the Court of Naples, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against 20 people (of which 16 arrested by the State Police and 4 by the Carabinieri) seriously suspected, to varying degrees, of the crimes of mafia-type association as well as attempted extortion, extortion, possession and carrying of firearms - including clandestine ones -, association aimed at illicit drug trafficking, possession for the purpose of drug dealing, crimes aggravated by the so-called mafia method and the aim of facilitating the Camorra clan "Pezzella" - or a subdivision of the same -, active in the municipalities of Frattamaggiore, Crispano and surrounding areas. In particular, the investigations carried out by the Frattamaggiore Police Station and the Naples Flying Squad revealed:

• theoperation of the aforementioned association, the carrying out of a series of extortions carried out to the detriment of entrepreneurs and owners of commercial businesses as well as the availability of weapons necessary for the group to assert its hegemony over the territory and to oppose rival clans (including the one called “Cristiano – Mormile”);
• theoperation of an organised group dedicated to the marketing of narcotic substances of various types (cocaine, hashish, marijuana, crack) in the areas of Frattamaggiore and Frattaminore.

Furthermore, from the investigations carried out by the Carabinieri Company of Casoria, it would be further extortion episodes were found - committed with repeated violent and intimidating acts - as well as the hypothesized attribution of said actions to a branch of the Pezzella clan.