Maxi blitz against Messina Denaro clan

As part of the investigations for the capture of the fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro, during the vast ‘Hesperia’ operation, carabinieri del Ros and the provincial command of Trapani, together with the carabinieri of Palermo and Catania, carried out precautionary measures issued by the district anti-mafia Directorate of Palermo against about 70 people, 35 of whom seriously suspected, for various reasons, of mafia-type association, extortion, disturbed freedom of enchantments, drug offenses, illegal carrying of weapons, gambling and more, all aggravated by the mafia method and modalities.