NAPLES – As part of a high-powered probe into the illegal trafficking of waste by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, police of the provincial command of Casserta arrested 17 people for facilitating the financial interests of organized crime in the construction of the Chiaiano landfill near Naples
Anti-mafia authorities in Naples say the arrested are accused of mafia association, illegal trafficking of waste, fraud, fraud in public supply, and facilitating the Zagaria faction of the Camorra Casalesi clan
Among those arrested was Giuseppe Tartaglia Carandente, a mobbed up businessman in the field of waste disposal who allegedly had a rock solid relationship with the Zagaria faction of the Camorra and other clans
He allegedly controlled companies involved in the construction of the Chiaiano landfill for the coffers of the Casalesi clan
He collected kickbacks and cut costs by using faulty material and even evaded tax laws with dummy documents
Acting on information from police informants, investigators began the probe in 2008 and documented the rise of the Camorra’s influence over the management of the landfill until 2013
