
Italy: Bomb-happy mobsters arrested by Bari Carabineri
Local police successfully closed an investigation on Wednesday into a mafia incident in Adelfia in April 2014. Members of the Di Consola clan had triggered a blast outside a shop in the town to scare the owner into paying ‘pizzo’ (protection money). The shopkeeper had to pay the pizzo three more times before the Carabinieri of Bari district were able to collect enough evidence on the suspects. Three people have been taken into custody in relation to the crime.

Local police successfully closed an investigation on Wednesday into a mafia incident in Adelfia in April 2014. Members of the Di Consola clan had triggered a blast outside a shop in the town to scare the owner into paying ‘pizzo’ (protection money). The shopkeeper had to pay the pizzo three more times before the Carabinieri of Bari district were able to collect enough evidence on the suspects. Three people have been taken into custody in relation to the crime.