Giuseppe Sorbello, former regional councilor and former mayor of Melilli, a town in the Syracuse area, is one of the 12 arrested as part of the Asmundo operation of the Syracuse carabinieri. According to the accusation, Sorbelli would have "accepted the promise of obtaining votes in exchange for money and a commitment to work to facilitate the release of the son of an affiliate" The elections were won by the current mayor, Giuseppe Carta, regional deputy of the MPA.