Hard blow for the Laudani clan, more than 30 suspects

Blame the Laudani mafia clan – Photo by Ansa Foto (Carabinieri)

An anti-mafia operation by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Catania was carried out this morning against a clan from Randazzo, suspected of being part of the Laudani mafia clan.

More than two hundred Arma soldiers were committed to execute a custody order issued by the judge for the preliminary investigations of the capital of Etna in the provinces of Catania, Cagliari and Rimini.

The suspects are over thirty years old and are variously accused of mafia-type association, extortion, association aimed at drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons and ammunition and criminal association with a view of an intrusion, aggravated by violence against things by means of fire. The aggravating circumstance of the mafia method has also been disputed.

The investigations, coordinated by the management of the anti-mafia district of Catania, made it possible to identify members of the mafia group operating in the Randazzese area and framed in the Laudani clan.

The investigation took the name of Terra Bruciata, and also brought to light hypotheses of political-mafia electoral exchange during the municipal elections of 2018. The Sangani group, operating in the Randazzese area, was disturbed as territorial articulation of the Laudani clan. called mussi i ficurinia (focodindia lips).

According to the prosecutor, “in addition to a flourishing traffic in cocaine, hashish and marijuana”, the investigation “has made it possible to document how the suspects have, over the years, exercised a stifling and capillary control of the territory to the detriment of economic activities “. of the area, whose owners were intimidated by threats and damages to submit to the payment of protection money”.

The carabinieri, during the investigation, found an arsenal consisting of pistols, rifles and ammunition, buried in a countryside location.