CALTANISSETTA – In the context of aoperation coordinated by District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Caltanissetta Prosecutor’s Officei carabinieri they have arrested nine peopleconsidered to belong to a mafia clan based in Campofrancoin Nisseno.
Seven of those arrested were taken to prison, while two were placed under house arrest. Another individual is currently untraceable and wanted. The suspects are accused Of mafia-type association, extortion aggravated by the mafia method and the availability of weapons, and concurrent possession and dealing of narcotic substances.
The Campofranco mafia
The investigation began in October 2022after release of Angelo Schillaci, who had served a sentence for the mafia. The suspects, mostly presumed members of the Campofranco familythey would have tried to reorganize the clan through the procurement of weapons and the creation of a “common fund” financed by the illicit proceeds of extortion and drug dealing.
They were documented four extortion attempts with intimidating acts against companies involved in renovation works of public works in the municipalities of Campofranco and Milenabeyond three extortions against entrepreneurs and traders.
Two brothers at the head of the Vaccaro clan
The clan maintained relationships also with subjects from Milena and the province of Agrigento. There mafia family from Campofrancoalso known as Vaccaro clanAnd led by brothers Domenico and Lorenzo Vaccaro and has always played a central role in the mafia balance of the province of Caltanissetta.
The role of Domenico
Domenico Vaccaro, last provincial representative of Cosa Nostra in Nisseno, had hired a significant role in the balance of the Sicilian mafia after the capture of the historic leader Salvatore Riinabeing identified as replacement for the head of the provincial commission “Piddu” Madonia.
