In Naples, the well-known Dal Presidente pizzeria was seized. “Managed by the Contini clan”

Five arrests for crimes aggravated by the mafia method. Borrelli (Avs): "It's just the tip of the iceberg"

NAPLES – The well-known Neapolitan pizzeria “Dal Presidente”, in via dei Tribunali, has been seized. According to investigations by the economic-financial police unit of the Financial Police of Naples the management of the business would be attributable to the Contini Camorra clan which, through frontmen, would manage catering activities, bakeries and tourist services in the historic center of the Campania capital. The proceeds of these businesses would have been intended to support the families of the prisoners.

FIVE ARRESTS FOR AGGRAVATED CRIMES BY MAFIA METHOD
At the request of the Neapolitan Anti-Mafia District Directorate, an order for personal precautionary measures issued by the investigating judge of the Court was carried out of Naples against five people, three subjected to precautionary custody in prison and two under house arrest. Among them also Massimiliano Di Caprio, director of the pizzeria. The five are seriously suspected of crimes of fraudulent transfer of values and self-laundering, aggravated by the mafia method with the aim of facilitating the historic clan founded by Edoardo Contini – known as Eduardo ‘o Romano – who together with the Licciardi clan and Mallardo forms the Secondigliano Alliance.

THE PIZZERIA – WHICH OWES THE NAME TO CLINTON – TAKEOVER WITH CLAN MONEY
The pizzeriaseized, so called because it was opened by the pizza chef who prepared pizza for US President Bill Clintonduring the 1994 G7 in Naples, it would have been purchased thanks to the financial support provided by a prominent member of the clan, to whose family a part of the earnings would have been allocated even after his detention for drug trafficking. The seized company was in fact managed by the prisoner’s brother-in-law, who also had numerous criminal records.

BORRELLI (AVS): IT’S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, AHEAD WITH INVESTIGATIONS
“Today, activities linked to tourism are the most profitable and present in the area. It was naive to think that the clans would not get involved in these affairs.” This is the comment of the MP of the Green-Left alliance Francesco Emilio Borrelli who adds: “We raised the alarm some time ago. With the money coming from drug trafficking and racketeering, they pollute the economy, they create unfair competition and put tourism growth at risk. The investigations must continue, because this is only the tip of the iceberg”.