The Casamonica clan is a mafia. This has been confirmed by the Supreme Court with the judgment that confirms the accusation of 416bis in the maxi trial. The judges of the second criminal section, expressing themselves on the appeals of more than thirty defendants, essentially confirmed the accusatory framework and accepted the appeal of the general prosecutor, also recognizing the aggravating circumstance of the armed association for some top positions for which an appeal bis was ordered only on the point to redetermine the sentence. The aggravating circumstance of having acted in the interest of the clan instead fell for secondary positions.
The sentence
The judges of the Court of Appeal of Rome on November 29, 2022 reiterated the accusation of 416bis. The highest sentence, 30 years, established by the second degree judges, went to Domenico Casamonica, at the top of the Roman clan. 'The Casamonica criminal group, operating in the Appio-Tuscolana area of Rome, with an operational base in the alley of Porta Furba is organized in a 'galaxy', that is a criminal aggregate made up of two family groups dedicated to usury, extortion, illegal exercise of credit, as well as drug trafficking, endowed with an undisputed 'criminal prestige' in the Roman criminal scene, whose individuals however operated in constant interconnection and protecting each other, thus increasing the sense of subjection and powerlessness of the victims, aware of being in the presence of a very cohesive and extensive group', the judges of the Court of Appeal of Rome wrote in the judgment with which they confirmed the mafia accusation for the clan.
Naples, drug trafficking broker captured on the run for 12 years: betrayed by cigarettes
The convictions
In the first instance, on September 20, 2021, 44 sentences were imposed for over 400 years in prison. The maxi trial was reached after the arrests made by the carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Rome as part of the 'Gramignà' investigation, coordinated by the magistrate Michele Prestipino and by the deputy prosecutors Giovanni Musarò and Stefano Luciani. With the sentence the judges confirmed the existence of a parallel association dedicated to drug dealing, with a facilitating function of the mafia association. Also confirmed were the guilty verdicts for the end crimes of the association aimed at drug dealing and that of a mafia nature, the latter consisting of usury, extortion, illegal exercise of credit, possession of weapons and fraudulent transfer of values.
This article is automatically translated