A very powerful 'psychosetta', based in Novara, was discovered at the end of a complex investigation by the Novara Police Headquarters, who carried out numerous searches in the night in collaboration with the Central Operational Service as well as in Novara also in Milan, Genoa and Pavia. At the head of the sect, whose followers were predominantly female, there was a 77-year-old man.
Criminal association aimed at the enslavement and the commission of numerous and serious crimes in the sexual sphere, even to the detriment of a minor, are the accusation hypotheses.
The Dionysus operation is the latest act of an investigation started two years ago and coordinated by the Turin Public Prosecutor's Office - District Anti-Mafia Directorate. The details of the operation will be provided during a press conference to be held at 10 am in the meeting room of the Police Headquarters in Novara in the presence of the Quaestor Rosanna Lavezzaro.