Mafia, maxi operation in Messina

Cosa Nostra also aimed at Ecobonus 110%. This is what emerges from the operation of the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Messina who have carried out precautionary custody orders issued against 86 people, on whose account the investigating judge found “serious indications of guilt in relation to the crimes – for various reasons – Mafia-type association, extortion, mafia political electoral exchange, fraudulent transfer of values, illegal possession and carrying of weapons, fire, association aimed at drug trafficking, detention for the purpose of drug dealing, exploitation of prostitution, with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method “. The investigative activity “is the result of a broader, progressive and structured maneuver – conducted from 2018 to today and coordinated by the Messina District Prosecutor and aimed at disrupting the current operations of the” Barcelonaese “mafia family, historically rooted in the municipality of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Messina), capable of carrying out a constant attempt to infiltrate entrepreneurial activities and lawful economy, both in the sector of the marketing of fruit and vegetables (through the acquisition of fictitiously registered companies or by imposing, with the mafia method, the supply of products), and in the conduct of the business of night and leisure clubs on the Tyrrhenian coast in the area of ​​Milazzo, in which, in addition to imposing security services through the use of coercive and intimidating methods, the mafia association is often intervened to influence the owners in the management activity “.