Three policemen suspected of
helping two drug gangs in the Neapolitan Camorra mafia had their
recent arrests quashed Monday by a detention review court. The
three were also said to have acted as escorts for Naples singer
Gigi D'Alessio.
The court overturned the arrests of the cops and thirteen
others because the preliminary investigations judge's detention
order "slavishly followed" the prosecutors' written requests.
On October 8 the 16 including top members of the notorious
Belforte clan were arrested in the province of Caserta on
suspicion of crimes including usury, fraud, corruption, abuse
of office and drugs-related felonies.
The policemen are suspected of protecting two criminal
gangs operating in the local drugs trade by disclosing
confidential information concerning investigations against them
and diverting probes towards other groups.
Investigators said they had also delivered cocaine to
clients and helped launder the proceeds.
The policemen are also believed to have had sex with
prostitutes in their police vehicle and at police headquarters
in Marcianise and to have used their official vehicle to
accompany D'Alessio to a concert.
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