Italian police on Wednesday arrested
18 people in a probe into suspected Camorra mafia clan
infiltration in the crime-ridden Naples area town of Caivano,
which hit the headlines and prompted government action after the
teen gang rape of two cousins aged 10 and 12 last summer.
Caivano town council was already dissolved for mafia-related
offences on 16 October.
This latest alleged infiltration is related particularly to the
management of public works contracts, judicial sources said.
Police said the criminal organisation was able to obtain
confidential information from public administrators regarding
the awarding of contracts so that they could address extortion
demands to the winners.
The government this summer issued a Caivano decree aimed at
curbing youth involvement in Mob activities, setting jail time
for parents who fail to stop their children truanting.
A whole raft of measures was aimed at fighting mafia and drugs
related crimes in the town, which is seen as a test bed for many
towns in particular in southern Italy.
photo: Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi chairs recent public
order meeting at Caivano with anti-'Ndrangheta prosecutor Nicola
Gratteri and Naples Prefect Claudio Palomba
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