Police from the DIA special
anti-Mafia force in Trapani on Tuesday arrested six suspected
members of a Mafia clan in the town of Alcamo.
The suspects include the alleged clan's boss, Ignazio
Melodia, a 50-year-old doctor who was sentenced to an eight-year
jail term in 2010 for Mafia association.
Melodia allegedly became a member of the local syndicate
through top fugitive Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro and
through his father Diego Melodia, a convicted Alcamo Mafia boss.
The other suspects include Salvatore Giacalone, 62, Antonino
Stella, 69, Filippo Cracchiolo, 56, Giuseppe Di Giovanni, 32,
and Vito Turriciano, 70.
The six are charged with Mafia association, extorting money
from local entrepreneurs and rigging Alcamo's local elections,
investigators said.
photo: Melodia
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