Police arrested 14 people in Rome on Friday in a major operation targeting a clan of the Naples-based Camorra that is accused of running criminal rackets in the capital.
The DDA anti-Mafia directorate and Carabinieri led the raid, detaining suspects on charges including attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, attempted kidnapping “aggravated by mafia methods”, and extortion “aggravated by mafia methods”. Some suspects are also accused of acting “for the purpose of facilitating the activities of the Senese clan”.
Investigations by the Carabinieri of the Rome Investigative Unit, coordinated by the Rome DDA, linked members of the Camorra group to “two attempted murders in Rome”, drug dealing, and an attempted extortion against a jeweller who was also targeted by the Di Lauro clan in Naples province.
Chair of Anti-Mafia Commission praises Camorra operation
Chiara Colosimo, chair of the parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission, praised the operation in a statement on X. She said the raid was “a severe blow to the leading figures of Rome’s organised crime”.
“This branch of the crime syndicate has diverse origins, but operates in a unified manner, with cross-party agreements that make this organized crime one of the most fearsome and ruthless,” she wrote.
“Prominent figures such as the Senese clan, along with the Abramos, the Finizios, the Alvises, Cobianchis, and Di Napolis, have sown terror and barbaric violence, and fit perfectly into that criminal context that, day after day, has poisoned the legal economy, society, and the future, and daily undermines the safety of citizens.”
Colosimo added that the Anti-Mafia Commission “has long since opened a line of inquiry into Rome” and would continue “to tirelessly address the city and its criminal organisations”.
“We owe this to our city, to our children, to the new generations, and to all those who have fought and continue to fight the Mafia,” she said.
“For this reason, we offer our thanks, which is by no means a given, to the Rome Anti-Mafia Directorate and the Carabinieri, who have made this possible. Today’s investigative success inspires confidence and hope.”
