They arrested “La piccoletta”, one of the most powerful women in the Neapolitan mafia

Driving in drug trafficking, extortion, cover, auction manipulation and many others etc. Maria Licciardi, 70, is one of the most powerful women in the Neapolitan mafia and the head of a large clan. She was arrested at Rome airport as she was about to travel to Spain.

Licciardi is also known as “The little” for its small size. She is the sister of the late Gennaro Licciardi, founder of the Camorra family clan established in the suburbs of Scampia and Secondigliano in Naples.

She is accused of mafia association, extortion, lifting of assets of illicit origin and manipulation of offers, increase in crimes for the aggravation of the mafia goal.

That’s why, as she was about to send her suitcases to fly to Malaga – where one of her daughters lives – three police officers approached her and arrested her. without offering any kind of resistance.

The little you know what to be in a prison. She was arrested in 2001 and released eight more later, in 2009. The instant she stepped back into the streets took on greater importance. It is that before sharing the power with his two other brothers, Vincenzo and Pietro, but of his freedom he took the reins alone and took full control of the clan.

Among his main tasks, according to the police, was the group’s accounting and he was also responsible for supporting the families of the gangsters in police custody, it is important that he has made it one of his priorities. Because of course, “the first thing is the family”.

Italy’s anti-mafia director until 2020, General Giuseppe Governale, warned that the influence of the Licciardi was “particularly” relevant in the Balearic Islands, for example, where the Camorra stands out, for its position as a link with Latin America for drug trafficking.

As the prosecutor of the Sicilian capital, Palermo, Francesco Lo Voi, believes that the mafias seek to profit from the pandemic crisis buy out bankrupt companies in the tourism sector from all over the continent, especially on the Spanish coasts or in France.

The suspicion of investigators is that Licciardi was heading towards Malaga to complete one of these businesses.

Two days ago, the Spanish police arrested in Madrid one of the main leaders of the Calabrian mafia, Domenico Paviglianiti, head of the ‘ndrangheta mafia who had fled Italian justice and was hiding in an apartment in the Spanish capital.

Paviglianiti was called “Boss of Bosses“by the Italian media for their role in the crimes committed in the 1980s and 1990s, including murder and drug trafficking.

Source: agencies

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