Coup to the clan of the Italian Mafia who made a funeral show of one of his capos

ROME.- Blow it hard for the Casamonica clan, one of the mafia groups the most dreaded of this capital, which in 2105 had become famous after the scandal broke
the incredible burial of one of his capos, Vittorio Casamonica. This had been shot with a
funeral ceremony worthy of a movie, which included an old chariot pulled by six horses, the music of
The Godfather a Rolls Royce at the cemetery and a shower of rose petals thrown from a helicopter …

Almost three years of this mafia ostentation, a mega-operation that also involved the provinces of Reggio Calabria and Cosenza (to the south), with 250 riflemen from the provincial command of Rome, arrested 37 members of this criminal group. All guilty of integrating an organization dedicated to drug trafficking, extortion, attrition, crimes committed with the aggravation of the mafia method.

According to the online version of the newspaper
The Repubblica, the investigation, which began before the funeral show of Vittorio Casamonica, is the first to obtain enough evidence to accuse the "Caspian clan" of a "criminal badociation of mafia nature", a group 1000-member criminal and inheritance Among the detainees, former Italian boxing champion Domenico Spada, nicknamed "Vulcano", whose gym, attended by a five-star movement deputy, was raided this morning and placed under sequestration. The capo of the clan, Giuseppe Casamonica, who recently left the prison and is considered one of the "four kings of Rome", was also behind bars, according to a weekly article.
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According to the anti-mafia prosecutor Michele Prestipino who ordered the raid, the Casamonica family founded his empire on terror: this prevented his victims from formalizing any complaint. Capos and affiliates not only exacted the interest of their usury loans from their victims, but also went to their homes demanding "contributions for the medical expenses of the family". And the victims paid without saying anything, later denying the Carabineros that they had had contacts with Casamonica. "I prefer to pay silently rather than having problems with them," said a man to his son, not knowing that he was being intercepted by law enforcement. Beyond the listening, the testimonies of several repentants who reconstructed the intimidating force of the clan were also fundamental for the raid.

The ordinance highlights the control of the territory exerted by the Casamonica by fear "that their name generates in the Roman population ", but also by agreements with criminal organizations" counterparts "and" suppression of the subjects that they oppose to this control. "

Among the victims of the clan are several well-known personalities of the world of the Italian show, like Marco Baldini and Luciano Zeffirelli, one of the two adopted sons of the famous filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli. The Casamonica has been received with great satisfaction. "This is an important moment for the contrast with organized crime on Roman territory, which is very complex," said Prestipino, who explained that the investigation lasted for years and that the crimes verified " are very serious. "The Casamonica group is particular because not only is it very organized, but it is linked by blood ties," adds the anti-mafia prosecutor

The raid suffered by the dreaded Casamonica occurs several weeks after the arrest of 50 people linked to the Spada and De Silvio clans, who operated in Ostia, on the outskirts of the eternal city.

The Casamonica were pronounced at the end of August 2015 after funerals held to pay tribute to their former patriarch Vittorio, who died at the age of 65 because of cancer.Then his casket arrived at Don Bosco Church, in the eastern suburbs of the city, in an old car, black with golden details, shot by six horses in 1910. While parents and friends were applauding, an orchestra was playing the soundtrack of the film
The Godfather . In addition to the ostentation of a Rolls Roys to take the deceased to the cemetery and rain petals thrown from a helicopter, they indignantly displayed funeral posters with the image of the deceased smiling, wearing white, with crucifix, next to an image of the dome of the Basilica of St. Peter and another of the Coliseum, and the caption: "You conquered Rome, now you will conquer paradise."