High feminine mafia boss Maria Licciardi is arrested in Rome whereas making an attempt to fly to Spain to ‘go to her daughter’
- 70-year-old arrested at Ciampino airport in Rome whereas making an attempt to fly to Malaga
- Accused of mafia affiliation, extortion, receiving ill-gotten funds and extra
- Beforehand spent eight years in jail earlier than being launched in December 2009
An alleged feminine mafia boss has been arrested whereas making an attempt to board a flight to the Costa del Sol to ‘go to her daughter’.
Maria Licciardi, 70, was cuffed at Ciampino airport in Rome Saturday whereas trying to fly to Malaga in southern Spain.
The highly effective boss, alleged to be a part of the infamous Neapolitan mafia referred to as the Camorra, hoped to go to her daughter and to ‘attend to some enterprise’, in line with Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
However she was arrested whereas queueing on the check-in desk by the Carabineros Corps – Italy’s army police.
Ms Licciardi, referred to as ‘la piccoletta’ or the toddler on account of her small stature, was with two associates on the time and went with the officers quietly, in line with stories.
She is accused of mafia-type affiliation, extortion, receiving ill-gotten funds and public sale rigging.
Maria Licciardi (pictured), 70, was cuffed at Ciampino airport in Rome Saturday whereas trying to fly to Malaga in southern Spain.
Ms Licciardi, referred to as ‘la piccoletta’ or the toddler on account of her small stature, was with two associates on the time and went with the officers quietly, in line with stories
Prosecutors allege she is the boss of the Licciardi clan, which was based by her brother Gennaro, aka La Scimmia (the monkey), in 1994.
The gang is claimed to be most lively in Secondigliano, a peripheral and rundown neighbourhood in Naples which is believed to be key to the drug commerce.
Ms Licciardi beforehand spent eight years in jail earlier than being launched in December 2009 – after which she is alleged to have taken over the clan’s operations.
It comes after Italian investigators warned that its nation’s mafias have been eyeing up enterprise enlargement in Spain.
Basic Giuseppe Governale, the anti-mafia director of Italy till 2020, warned that the affect of the Italian mafias was significantly prevalent within the Balearic Islands.
The Camorra has a identified presence on the islands, which embrace Ibiza and Majorca, on account of their strategic geographical place, which makes them a port of name for medicine coming from South America.
Palermo prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi additionally warned mafias will benefit from the pandemic to purchase bankrupt firms within the tourism sector all through the continent, significantly on the Spanish coast or in France.