Mafia, il boss dal carcere ordinava omicidi: 8 arresti a Palermo

Palermo, (askanews) - A new mafia feud has been averted in Palermo. Following the murder of Giuseppe Di Giacomo, the rising star of the Porta Nuova district, killed in the street on March 12, a bloody feud was about to erupt in the Porta Nuova district between families competing for leadership of the organization. Carabinieri officers from the Palermo Provincial Command's investigative unit, in Operation Iago, executed eight restrictive measures on charges of mafia-style criminal association, effectively decapitating the clan's leaders. After D'Ambrogio's arrest, Giuseppe Di Giacomo was appointed acting regent of the district by his brother, Giovanni Di Giacomo, who served a life sentence. As evidenced by wiretaps in prison, he and Di Giacomo brutally ruled the family. Precise orders were issued for the management of protection money collection activities, but also for the elimination of unpopular individuals within the district. And the support of the prisoners' families was the true obsession of the Porta Nuova leaders, considered essential to keeping the family together.