Friday, April 26, 2024 |
A 40-year-old of Campania origins residing in Civitavecchia was arrested by the Financiers of the Provincial Command of Rome, after being found in possession of 500 euros received shortly before from a 22-year-old local.
The young man had filed a complaint, reporting continuous threats from the man, burdened by several criminal records, who demanded cash payment of debts accrued towards him.
The Fiamme Gialle of the Civitavecchia Group, after informing the local Public Prosecutor’s Office, photocopied the banknotes and set up a discreet observation activity near the street agreed for the delivery, in the historic center of the town.
Stopped after having collected the sum, after a sudden attempt to escape from the military, the extortionist was handcuffed and taken to the “Borgata Aurelia” district house and, after the validation of the measure by the GIP, he was placed under house arrest , with the application of the so-called. “electronic bracelet”.
He will have to answer for the crimes of extortion and resisting a public official.
The proceeding is in the preliminary investigation phase and, until the final judgment, the presumption of not guilt applies.
The fight against usury and extortion is essential to combat forms of illegality that undermine the correct functioning of the economy, altering free market competition.
Published Friday, April 26, 2024 @ 12:47:07 © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
