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July 29, 2020 "It's an incredible episode, which has undermined what was a garrison of legality which instead has become the spectrum of illegal and unacceptable activities by members of the police force". This was stated by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, on the investigation into the Levante barracks in Piacenza which led to the arrest on July 22 of six soldiers and the seizure of the barracks itself.

"I would like to say that the activity of a nucleus of people who is not worthy of being part of the Carabinieri Corps cannot undermine what is the opinion we all have of the Arma, a healthy institution that is in the area and helps in daily activities and works to combat crime - added Lamorgese, in Sorbolo on the occasion of the delivery to the Municipality of a property complex confiscated from organized crime - It is a very serious behavior, unworthy people, I repeat it several times. we must distinguish: a great institution like the Arma cannot be undermined ".

The Odysseus investigation
There is a new provincial commander of the carabinieri in Piacenza. Colonel Paolo Abrate arrived after the precautionary measures against 7 soldiers and the kidnapping of the barracks of the Levante station. 'We must regain people's trust. We were shot in the heart, 'he said.

Meanwhile, the first interrogations of the suspects in the Odysseus investigation have ended. In the next few days, prosecutors from the Public Prosecutor's Office led by Grazia Pradella, who coordinates the investigations of the Guardia di Finanza, are likely to return to convene some of the suspects to better clarify some circumstances and it is possible that it may also be decided to listen to someone from the chain of command. reset.

Interceptions sent to the DDA of Milan
No link with the 'ndrangheta by the carabinieri and the pushers arrested in the investigation by the Prosecutor of Piacenza which led to the seizure of the Levante barracks and the arrest of six soldiers.

From the first investigations of the Milan DDA, to which the documents relating to the chapter on hashish and marijuana supplies in the Milan area have been forwarded, there is no contact with Locride's rules.

Even the warehouse in Gaggiano, a center at the gates of the Lombard capital, where supplies of light drugs took place, from the investigations carried out was not managed by organized crime in Calabria. 

The wiretapping
In a conversation with his partner Maria Luisa Cattaneo, the police officer Giuseppe Montella defined Daniele Giardino's interlocutors as "Calabrese", "big shots", according to the accusation the drug supplier. For this reason, the Piacenza prosecutor's office led by the prosecutor Grazia Pradella sent part of the documents to the Milan DDA for further information on the drug supply channels that emerged in the 'Odysseus' investigation. In the documents, in fact, there is talk of a warehouse in the Milanese hinterland, where to go to collect the drugs.