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June 23, 2020 The carabinieri of the provincial command of Palermo have executed an order for pre-trial detention in prison and house arrest issued by the investigating magistrate of the Court, at the request of the DDA, against 10 suspects (9 in prison and 1 under house arrest), accused in various capacities of association leaders for mafia-type criminal offenses, aggravated extortion, aggravated theft, violation of the provisions imposed by the preventive measures. The 'Teneo' operation, carried out by a pool of magistrates coordinated by the assistant prosecutor Salvatore De Luca, represents a new blow against the Palermo mafia mandate of San Lorenzo and Tommaso Natale.     

Giulio Caporrimo ends up in prison again, released from prison in 2019 and who would have regained control of the mandate. The investigation is the continuation of the 'Oscar' (2011), 'Apocalypse' (2014) and 'Talea' (2017) operations that had brought leaders and wingmen of the mandate with Francesco Paolo Liga (son of the historic boss Salvatore Liga, to prison). called "uTatenuddu"), then flanked, starting from his release in October 2015, by Giuseppe Biondino (son of Salvatore, the driver of Totò Riina), arrested again in January 2018.

The 'Teneo' operation takes the start from the control of the activities of Vincenzo Taormina, entrepreneur of the earthmoving sector, considered particularly close to Francesco Paolo Liga regent not always well seen by the affiliates. The latter, according to investigators, placed great expectations in the release in February 2017 of Giulio Caporrimo and then of Nunzio Serio and other affiliates arrested in the 'Oscar' operation. The two were revered and respected for their ability to command, their charisma and their influence in mafia dynamics ("did you hear it good news? Giulio came out, went out"). The mafia balance would thus have shifted immediately in favor of Giulio Caporrimo and Nunzio Serio, with an evident downsizing of Francesco Paolo Liga, without however being ousted by them.

Boss Summit also on rubber dinghies off Palermo Palermo
also Summit on rubber dinghies between the two bosses Giulio Caporrimo and Nunzio Serio to restore power and business in the Tommaso Natale-San Lorenzo mandate, crucial in the Cosa Nostra structures. The meetings would also take place off the coast of Palermo, on their respective boats. The bugs have recorded a singular cross-section of the story, when the former complained of an ever greater decline in the customs of the place due to the presence of the jet skis that ran around near the bathers of Sferracavallo. The Mafia boss said he intervened personally against some users of the jet skis, originating in the Brancaccio and Pagliarelli districts, who, recognizing him, had maintained a submissive behavior, so much that they subsequently moved to the Mondello area, from the other side of the Capo Gallo reserve, because in Sferracavallo "there was an uncle in port"