"I got hurt yesterday ... I took a little tear ... because I ran after a nigger." So Giuseppe Montella, one of the carabinieri arrested in Piacenza as part of the Odysseus investigation, told his 'deeds' to his 11-year-old son, who then asked him: "Did you take it then? Did you give it to him? Who were you? Who was it? did he beat? " "Eh, a bit everyone", is the reply of the man who, as if to boast, specifies that his colleagues had also beaten the foreigner.
The Military Prosecutor of Verona has opened an investigation file on the abuses alleged against the group of six Carabinieri serving at the Levante Barracks in Piacenza .
From the 75 thousand telephone and environmental conversations, messages that the carabinieri involved in the investigation by the Guardia di Finanza and coordinated by the prosecutor's office, which ended with the proceedings, reveal details that tell their way of operating: as "a criminal association", for use one of their self-definitions. One of the arrested carabinieri, in a conversation captured in the car, spoke of the concept of "pyramid", used for their business: "In a nutshell we made a pyramid: above it is me, you and him ... ok? We they cannot ... we are unreachable ".
"At the moment these are acts related to the fact," reported the Military Prosecutor, Stanislao Saeli, who added that he "proceeded on the basis of the precautionary measures issued by the Prosecutor of the Republic of Piacenza, from which extremes of crimes already seem to emerge military. We act in perfect harmony with colleagues in the ordinary judiciary to optimize investigation activities ".
The military prosecutor of Verona has jurisdiction over military crimes committed in the regions of Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Trentino Alto-Adige, Veneto, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Emilia-Romagna. The interrogation of the six carabinieri arrested in Piacenza for the serious crimes and abuses committed inside the Levante barracks which was placed under seizure will take place starting tomorrow. The military is currently in prison in Piacenza, but it is not excluded that in the next few days they can be transferred to other detention facilities.
Meanwhile, the appeal of the prisoner guarantor arrives : "An in-depth reflection, which also involves law enforcement personnel, on the possible actions for the prevention of the risk of inhuman and degrading treatments is needed", says Marcello Marighelli, guarantor of the persons subjected measures restricting or limiting the personal freedom of the Emilia-Romagna Region, after the cases of the arrested carabinieri of Piacenza, also accused of the crime of torture. "A picture is outlined - he says - which, if confirmed, would show an alarming reality for the violation of fundamental rights of persons entrusted with state responsibility. Any mistreatment, when confirmed in a trial, is highly harmful, not only towards of the people affected, but also towards all the staff of the police who work in compliance with legality with professionalism and dedication to their work ".
" A huge and very serious fact that recalls the story of my brother Stefano ". So Ilaria Cucchi comments on the investigation by the Prosecutor's Office of Piacenza which involves some carabinieri accused, among other things, of drug trafficking, extortion and torture. "You have to go all the way - added Cucchi - do not make any discounts to anyone as courageous magistrates have shown in the investigation on Stefano's death. Just talk about single bad apples, the cases are becoming too many. The problem is in the system: I the many carabinieri of our trial come to mind who come to testify against their superiors and I wonder in what spirit they do it when then press releases of the Arma appear immediately after the testimony as in the case of their colleague Casamassima ", concludes Ilaria Cucchi.
A mobile station, made up of two vehicles, with eight carabinieri and a new commander, has been operational since Piacenza this morning . The carabinieri van is in via Caccialupo, right in front of the station which was seized yesterday, at the request of the city prosecutor, after the arrest of the six carabinieri who were part of it. The objective of the General Command of the Weapon is to continue to guarantee the functionality of the garrison at the service of the community and for the protection of legality. Just 24 hours after the investigation that in Piacenza led to the arrest for serious crimes of the carabinieri of the Levante station, and to the immediate suspension as investigated by the commanding officer of the Compagnia of the Emilian city, the general command of the carabinieri immediately appointed the his substitute. This is the captain Giancarmine Carusone, 34 years old originally from Caserta, and who comes from the command of a company in the province of Messina