Just saying his name made my wrists tremble. Today, Francesco Schiavone is rewriting the pages that have bloodied the news of the last thirty years in Campania and beyond.
Sandokan, the undisputed leader of the Casalesi clan, dominated the organized crime scene. He is now collaborating with the head of the Naples anti-mafia district directorate Nicola Gratteri.
His revelations, as well as on the chain of murders and on the Camorra’s dealings with procurement and drug trafficking, will also shed a light on the management of toxic waste.
Which in many cases also ended up buried in the Molise countryside. She had revealed him to be another big shot of the Schiavone family. Carmine, Sandokan’s cousin, had repented and began his collaboration with justice about ten years ago. He had told the magistrates the route of the trucks loaded with poisons which, starting from Campania, crossed the length and breadth of Italy.
Molise, Carmine Schiavone had said on more than one occasion, was a safe place to unload drums containing toxic waste. The Sepino plain, with references to Cercemaggiore and Guardiaregia, and some abandoned quarries in the Venafra area had been indicated by the boss.
Furthermore, the Cercemaggiore area was also the dumping point for Montedison poisons. Environmental investigations are still continuing on that site and according to the latest findings the risk of an environmental disaster in the area is considered very high.
Now the anti-mafia directorate of Naples could have some more information on the trafficking of toxic drums of the Camorra on the direct indication of Sandokan.
