Italy creates task force to fight Naples mob

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Italy creates task force to fight Naples mob
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, June 05, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — Italy’s state police created an unprecedented anti-mafia task force to investigate Naples’ organized crime ring, called the Camorra, and recent mafia-like killings in Casal di Principe, a Naples suburb and reportedly a stronghold for the ring.

The task force, which augments local police efforts, is specifically aimed at defeating the Camorra, according to the announcement posted Tuesday on Italy’s Department of Public Security Web site.

The team of 30 seasoned investigators and agents, veterans of anti-mafia crime-fighting, will be directed by a commissioner "who knows well the territory," stated the announcement, which was issued following a slaying Sunday that was blamed on the Camorra.

They are "police selected from the best in the profession ... and picked from investigative organizations to give a major contribution to the fight against crime in that area," state police Chief Antonio Manganelli said in a statement.

The base’s housing office manages 268 leases for U.S. military and civilian personnel and their families in the hamlet of Casal, said base spokesman Lt. Paul Macapagal.


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