Eleven people were arrested at the end of an investigation by the Palermo DDA. They are accused in various capacities of mafia, money laundering, auction rigging, fraudulent transfers of valuables and receiving stolen goods.
The investigation included historical figures of the Salemi mafia, faithful allies of the boss Matteo Messina Denaro, accused of having cleaned millions of euros and of having formed a solid alliance with the Calabrian 'ndrine. The financial mastermind of the criminal group that cleaned the dirty money of the gangs, discovered by the Trapani carabinieri, would have been a mafioso with a passion for finance. The man did not end up in prison, but received a warrant as part of the investigation which led to 11 precautionary measures. "No one cares about you because my father and I will take care of it", Andrea Angelo reassured him, not knowing he was being intercepted. But his wife was worried about the man's safety, knowing about the illicit trafficking in which he was involved.