Naples police on Tuesday staged
operations to execute 28 arrest warrants for people suspected of
belonging to the Pesce-Marfella and Mele clans of the Camorra
mafia in the Pianura district of the city, sources said.
The police also seized money suspected of being earned
through drug dealing in dawn raids.
The arrested people are suspended of crimes including mafia
association, criminal association for drug dealing, homicide,
illegal possession of arms and extortion.
Two women who managed the clans' finances were arrested.
Police likened Rita Pepe, 28, partner of jailed boss Pasquale
Pesce, to the Scianel character in the Gomorra TV series,
because of the lead role she had assumed in the clan.
Police said they had identified those in the Pesce-Marfella
clan who ordered the murder, and those who carried out the
murder, of Mele clan member Luigi Aversano on August 7, 2013.
Separately, eight other arrests were made in the Naples area
in a probe into drugs and protection rackets.
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