Agrigento. Precautionary order against 7 suspects for mafia-type and other criminal association
At the same time, various personal and local searches were carried out on further subjects investigated in the same criminal case.
Agrigento. Precautionary order against 7 suspects for mafia-type and other criminal association.
At dawn yesterday the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Agrigento, with the support of colleagues from the Provincial Command of Caltanissetta, of the Provincial Command of Reggio Calabria, of the Heliborne Hunters Squadron "Sicilia", of the Carabinieri Dog Unit of Nicolosi, of the 9th Unit Helicopters of Palermo and of the Operational Support Teams of the 12th Carabinieri Regiment "Sicilia", in Burgio (AG), Lucca Sicula (AG), Villafranca Sicula (AG), Mazzarino (CL) and Marina di Gioiosa Jonica (RC), have implemented a precautionary order, issued by the GIP at the Court of Palermo at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate -, against 7 suspects (of which 4 will be confined in prison, 2 under house arrest and 1 under forced residence), seriously suspected, in various capacities, of being part of the mafia association called "cosa nostra" and, in particular, of the mafia district of Lucca Sicula and Ribera.
At the same time, various personal and local searches were carried out on further subjects investigated in the same criminal case.
The investigative activity, directed by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Palermo and conducted by the Investigative Unit of the Provincial Command of Agrigento, with the aid of technical activities, in the period between April 2021 and July 2023, originates from the investigations launched following the murder of Corvo Vincenzo which occurred in April 2020 and for which the perpetrators have not yet been identified.
However, the aforementioned activity made it possible to highlight the full operation of the association, documenting numerous meetings aimed at directly and indirectly acquiring the management and control of economic activities, contracts and public services, to realize unfair profits and advantages, intervening in local administrations.
In particular, during the meetings, Imbornone Salvatore, aged 64, resident in Lucca Sicula, believed to be the regent of the mafia district of Lucca Sicula and Ribera, gave directives to the other suspects to carry out:
– the acquisition of management or in any case control of entrepreneurial economic activities and public procurement;
- the strengthening the prestige and criminal capabilities of the gang through the consolidation of relationships with representatives of other mafia provinces, in particular with prominent representatives of the "cosa nostra" of Palermo competent, for territorial reasons, to intervene for the resolution of a dispute involving Derelitto Giovanni aged 74 res. in Burgio, believed to be the head of the local mafia family;
- infiltration into institutions through contacts with compliant representatives of local administrations.
As regards the control over the entrepreneurial dynamics relating to public procurement, it was the interference of the mafia clique was documented mainly regarding the completion of the Ribera sewerage system entrusted to a company from Favara with the involvement of Caramazza Francesco aged 51 res. in Favara and believed to be a member of the local mafia family.
Furthermore, interferences have also been documented regarding the maintenance works on the SP 32, the urgent works on the Bivio Imperatore - Ponte Pedano connection road and the works along the road section of the SP 47, located in the territories of Villafranca Sicula, Ribera, Lucca Sicula and Burgio.
In addition to the aforementioned Imbornone (precautionary measure in prison), Derelitto (precautionary measure of house arrest) and Caramazza (precautionary measure in prison), precautionary measures were also carried out against Perricone Antonino, aged 53, resident in Villafranca Sicula (precautionary measure in prison), Provenzano Alberto, 59 years old, resident in Burgio (precautionary measure in prison), Maurello Giuseppe, 54 years old, resident in Lucca Sicula, for whom the GIP reclassified the facts which see him involved in external competition in a mafia association (precautionary measure of house arrest) and Mirabella Gabriele, 38 years old, resident in Lucca Sicula, the latter investigated only for aiding and abetting (precautionary measure of the obligation to reside in the municipality of residence).
The principle of presumption of not guilt applies to all the aforementioned suspects until a final sentence is issued following a subsequent trial.
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