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October 26, 2021 Operation Scarface.

This is the name of the investigation that led this morning to the arrest of 33 people, all accused of criminal association of a mafia type and considered part of the Di Silvio clan, the organization rooted in the territory of Latina and the province that has become increasingly powerful in these years.



Classic images of the Di Silvio villas among statues and gold stuccoes, lions at the entrance gates as a classic "hagiography" of self-respecting clans and classic crimes in various ways contested are: drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, theft, possession and illegal carrying of firearms. The investigation was carried out by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate and coordinated by the deputy prosecutor Ilaria Calò. The investigations focused on the branch of the clan at the top of which there would be Giuseppe Di Silvio known as 'Romolo', already sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of Fabio Buonamano, which took place in 2010.



In 2016, with the "Alba Pontina" operation, the power of the Di Silvio on the territory of Latina was revealed, made up of coercion and intimidation and relations with local politics. The testimonies of the repentants spoke of votes to members of the Brothers of Italy, but also to the League. Despite the arrests and convictions, the ability of Silvio's clan to exercise power over the territory seems anything but diminished.





As part of today's investigation, it was possible to hypothesize the existence of an organized group aimed at extortion and illicit drug trafficking that has become more and more rooted in the territory of Latina over time. 'telephone, environmental and video wiretapping activities and were implemented by the contribution of the statements of collaborators of justice as well as by those made by the victims of the numerous extortions, some of which have already been contested with the "MOVIDA" operation, concluded in December 2020, when other prominent members of the Di Silvio clan were arrested.



The investigations are inspired by some punitive expeditions organized in the historic center of Latina and by extortion requests addressed to commercial operators of the so-called movida, which highlighted the attempt by the Di Silvio family to take control of the territory in this part of the city. This is the origin of the telephone and environmental interception activities on behalf of Giuseppe Di Silvio known as “Romolo”, who gave instructions from the Roman prison of “Rebibbia NC” through his trusted family members.


In the passage of an interception of Giuseppe with his son-in-law, the phrase "he must hold the whole city in his hand" is heard, thus underlining the fact that the objective of the association is to gain ever greater power, not only in the field of drug dealing. drugs but also in the control of the territory, inducing the other members of the family to refer to him also with regard to the distribution of profits.


According to what emerges from the investigations, Giuseppe Di Silvio (Romolo) assumes the role of chief after the murder of his brother Ferdinando, known as il Bello.



The investigations also made it possible to hypothesize how the Di Silvos also occupied a slice of the drugstore squares in the municipalities near Latina, such as Priverno, Sezze and Pontinia thanks to the activities carried out there by their hustlers, who would have assisted the leaders and organizers in the business of drug dealing, in particular by providing for the retail distribution of narcotic drugs.



But a series of extortion activities have also been found against restaurant managers or merchants (for example the consumption of meals for free or the purchase of various goods at negligible sums).


In 2019 the kidnapping of PE drug dealer of the Di Silvio family, who later became a collaborator of justice, shed light on the criminal dynamics of the family.

An episode of particular relevance was also documented that saw the Ciarelli and Di Silvio families confront each other, which almost led to an armed clash between the two family groups.