Police on Thursday arrested
members of a family coffee business for allegedly laundering
money for the Naples-based Camorra mafia.
Among the arrests were brothers Antonio and Salvatore Di
Puorto, their father, and several grandchildren. Police also
seized 10 million euros in assets and property.
The suspects are accused of laundering money through the
Caffè del Sud coffee company, later renamed Nuova Caffè del Sud,
which distributed coffee throughout the southern Campania region
around Naples.
Police said the Di Puorto family ran the company on behalf
of the Schiavone faction of the notorious Casalesi clan, whose
death threats have forced anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano, of
Gomorrah fame, into 24-hour police protection.
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