A mafia murder was thwarted thanks to the Persephone operation of the carabinieri which dismantled the Bagheria clan, which has always been a stronghold of the Cosa Nostra.
A man, despite the "warnings", had continued to challenge the mafia leaders. Thus the military of the provincial command of Palermo carried out a detention order issued by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate against 8 suspects, accused in various ways of mafia association and aimed at drug trafficking, possession and sale of clandestine weapons, extortion, aggravated injuries , mistreatment, crimes aggravated by mafia methods.