As many as 400 finance police
officers were deployed Tuesday in a crackdown on the Mallardo
clan of the Naples-based Camorra mafia, police said.
They seized companies worth a total of eight million euros
and serving 12 arrest warrants.
Eight were against people already in prison on other
charges and four were against people already under house arrest,
They included public health psychiatrist Gennaro Perrino,
who was charged with issuing fake medical certificates for
jailed mob boss Vincenzo D'Alterio, nicknamed 'Enzo the sick
man,' who used them to finagle better prison conditions and
State disability payments.
The Mallardo clan allegedly controlled a profitable bakery
business and invested in car sales, construction and financial
services along a coastal strip that included the towns of
Licola, Varcaturo and Lago Patria.
Finance guards confiscated real estate, vehicles, financial
records and companies after a six-month investigation that
included wiretaps and tailing suspects, police sources said.
Charges against the 12 ranged from Camorra association to
extortion, fraud, and coercion.
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