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10 December 2019In the early hours of today, the police of the Compagnia di Giugliano in Campania have given execution to detention orders in prison, issued by the investigating judge of Naples at the request of the local Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against 16 subjects reached from serious indications of guilt for the crimes of mafia-type association, extortion aggravated by the mafia method, possession of clandestine weapons and drug dealing.

The investigation, which began following some extortion complaints, was conducted, from September 2018 to January 2019, by the Qualiano carabinieri station and made it possible to demonstrate the current operation of the historic Camorra clan "De Rosa" which , despite seeing many of his top exponents detained, he continued to exercise control of the territory through new recruits who were able to manage criminal activities.

The detailed investigations, carried out through technical and traditional activities, have allowed the construction of a probationary system that has, in particular, demonstrated: the participation of the suspects in the criminal group capable of affirming their own mafia hegemony in the territory, also through the violent repression of the internal conflicts, the creation of forms of cooperation with other organizations and the control of all illegal trafficking; the commission of extortion against entrepreneurs and merchants in the area, for which physical violence was also used in the event that the victim had not intended to pay; the control of drug trafficking and the management of drug dealing squares in the municipality of Qualiano; the delinquent level and the arrogance of the association that had in its availability weapons and explosive devices, used for acts of intimidation against the victims of extortion, as well as for punitive expeditions against those who did not intend to adapt to the new regency.