Reporting of M.R.
They are accused of having set up an organization dedicated to drug trafficking, extortion, wear, with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method. New attack on journalists: Tg2 and Repubblica crews were beaten
E’ Of 31 arrests and 6 wanted people the balance sheet of a maxi operation by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Rome against the “Casamonica clan”. Precautionary measures in prison, issued by the investigating judge of Rome at the request of the local DDA, were carried out between the Capital, Reggio Calabria and Cosenza. Those arrested are accused of having set up an organization dedicated to drug trafficking, extortion, wear, with the aggravating circumstance of mafia method.
Among those arrested there is also Domenico Spada, called Vulcan, former boxing champion. According to what has been learned, his gym in Marino was also seized, at the gates of Rome. According to the investigators, the top role of promoter is held by Giuseppe Casamonica, recently released from prison after approx 10 years of detention.
As part of the operation they were premises in the center of Rome were also seized, including a nightclub in Testaccio and a restaurant in the Pantheon area. E’ the definitive calculation of the value of the goods involved is still underway. During the searches they were requisitioned 50 thousand euros in cash, current accounts, twenty cars and dozens of luxury watches.
For the investigators, the one set up by the Casamonicas is one “indigenous mafia association” structured on multiple criminal groups, predominantly family-based, equipped with their own decision-making autonomy and dedicated to various crimes including drug dealing, usury and extortion. The investigations into the clan began in the summer 2015, before the funeral show on the outskirts of Rome “Uncle Vittorio”, member of the family.
According to what was ascertained by investigators, “they didn't need to use violence, the name alone was enough of the Casamonica family to gain respect”. The victims of the clan, Indeed, they didn't report it both for fears of retaliation and because paying the Casamonicas represented a sort of “life insurance”. Among the victims of usury there is also one of Franco Zeffirelli's sons.
As part of the operation they were premises in the center of Rome were also seized, including a nightclub in Testaccio and a restaurant in the Pantheon area. E’ the definitive calculation of the value of the goods involved is still underway. During the searches they were requisitioned 50 thousand euros in cash, current accounts, twenty cars and dozens of luxury watches.
For the investigators, the one set up by the Casamonicas is one “indigenous mafia association” structured on multiple criminal groups, predominantly family-based, equipped with their own decision-making autonomy and dedicated to various crimes including drug dealing, usury and extortion. The investigations into the clan began in the summer 2015, before the funeral show on the outskirts of Rome “Uncle Vittorio”, member of the family.
According to what was ascertained by investigators, “they didn't need to use violence, the name alone was enough of the Casamonica family to gain respect”. The victims of the clan, Indeed, they didn't report it both for fears of retaliation and because paying the Casamonicas represented a sort of “life insurance”. Among the victims of usury there is also one of Franco Zeffirelli's sons.
New attack on journalists: Tg2 and Repubblica crews were beaten – Some journalists who were trying to interview members of the Casamonica family were attacked in Romanina, clan fiefdom in the eastern area of Rome. Those who suffered the attack were Piergiorgio Giacovazzo and the Tg2 crew and Floriana Bulfon from la Repubblica.
Against Giacovazzo and Bulfon, and the troop, they lashed out violently, first the girls and then the women of the Casamonica family; threats and insults, then sticks flew at the journalists, brooms and everything the women found. One hit the operator. The attackers tried to destroy the camera by tearing out cables, also removing the cards in the backpack that were used to make a live connection. An attack that ended only by chance with no injuries, thanks to the intervention of the men of the family who took the women away and to the fact that the crew moved to avoid further contact.
Against Giacovazzo and Bulfon, and the troop, they lashed out violently, first the girls and then the women of the Casamonica family; threats and insults, then sticks flew at the journalists, brooms and everything the women found. One hit the operator. The attackers tried to destroy the camera by tearing out cables, also removing the cards in the backpack that were used to make a live connection. An attack that ended only by chance with no injuries, thanks to the intervention of the men of the family who took the women away and to the fact that the crew moved to avoid further contact.
