Police detained 17 suspects on
Monday, held on charges of unlawful arms possession and
extortion in organized crime, in a operation coordinated by the
Naples anti-mafia division Monday.
The suspects, alleged members of the Moccia clan of the
Camorra, the Napolitan mafia, are being held following an
investigation into an internal division and feud that brought
murders and an expansion of the clan from the Salicelle quarter
of the Naples province town of Afragola into bordering towns.
The detained suspects include a mother, Patrizia Bizzarro,
and her three sons, Mariano, Aniello, and Carlo Barbato, who
allegedly commanded the new division of the clan that had
expanded into areas near Afragola, specifically Casoria,
Caivano, Crispano and Cardito.
Also on Monday, just 28 kilometers away in Caserta, police
arrested nine suspects in an operation to seize businesses and
properties totalling a value of many tens of millions of euros,
linked to the Belforte di Marcianise clan.
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