(ANSA) Naples - A sprawling villa that previously was home
to a Camorra crime gang kingpin will become a new police
station, sending a strong message underlining the state's
determination to subdue the mob, officials said Wednesday.
"The project to bring the city police here is particularly
significant," said Rosy Bindi, the president of the
parliamentary anti-mafia committee, as she toured the luxury
property in the via Cupa dell'Arco from which Paolo di Lauro,
head of the Camorra in the Secondigliano neighbourhood, directed
a vicious gang war against dissidents who wanted to control
their part of the Neapolitan drugs racket.
The two-storey villa featuring a terrace with a view of the
Vesuvius volcano was confiscated by authorities but still has
smart fittings such as a circular hydro-massage pool.
"This is a project that still has to be carried out, which
we want to be involved in," Bindy said.
She was accompanied by Antonio Amato, president of the
regional government's Confiscated Goods committee, who said the
earmarking of the villa for use by police was an attempt to
reverse the failure to convert for civil purposes many such
properties that are only confiscated from the Camorra on paper.
Also viewing the villa from the parliamentary committee
were Marco Di Lello, a Socialist, Massimiliano Manfredi and
Rosaria Capacchione of the Democratic Party and Peppe De
Cristofaro of the Ecological Left party Sel.
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