An operation against the 'Ndrangheta is underway throughout the national territory, coordinated by the District Prosecutor of Catanzaro, called "Low profile", which involves two hundred women and men from the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate and one hundred and seventy units between the State Police, Weapons of the Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza with the support of four canine units and a helicopter.
Among the suspects there is also
the UDC secretary Lorenzo Cesa
.
The site of "Repubblica" writes it.
The Rome home of Cesa was searched this morning by the staff of Dia.
"I received a guarantee notice on events dating back to 2017. I consider myself totally unrelated, I will ask through my lawyers to be heard as soon as possible by the competent prosecutor. As always, I have full and total confidence in the work of the judiciary. And given the particular phase where our country
lives I resign my resignation as national secretary as an immediate effect
".
So Lorenzo Cesa, national secretary of the UDC. "Full and total solidarity with our national secretary, Lorenzo Cesa. We are shaken. And we are sure that he will be able to demonstrate his total extraneousness. We trust in the work of the Judiciary, in the hope that we can clarify as soon as possible ".
This was stated in a joint note by the UDC senators, Antonio De Poli, Antonio Saccone and Paola Binetti.
The councilor for the Budget of the Calabria Region,
Franco Talarico, of the UDC, was arrested and placed under house arrest as
part of the "Low profile" operation coordinated by the Dda of Catanzaro.
The details in a press conference, in Catanzaro, in the seat of the Court of Appeal, with the Procurator of the Republic of Catanzaro, Nicola Gratteri, and the Director of Dia, Maurizio Vallone.
Thirteen people were arrested and taken to prison and 35 to house arrest during the "Low profile" operation
coordinated by the Catanzaro DDA and taken at dawn.
An interdict was issued against the notary Rocco Guglielmo, aged 58, of Catanzaro, one of the best known and most active Calabrian notaries.
Among those arrested
, according to what has been learned, there are very
"many" white-collar workers
from Catanzaro and the province.
The operation conducted by Dia staff, jointly with that of the Police, the Carabinieri and the Finance Police, involves the major exponents of the most important 'ndrine of Crotone, Isola Capo Rizzuto and Cutro as "Bonaventura" "Aracri", "Arena" and "Grande Aracri", as well as prominent entrepreneurs and members of the public administration colluded, according to the accusation, with criminal organizations.
The illegal movement of money
for a value of over three hundred million euros
was ascertained during the investigation.
In addition to the precautionary measures, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Catanzaro ordered the execution of numerous seizures of assets consisting of company compendia, properties, vehicles, bank and postal current accounts.
