ARREST Raccuglia - Began ballet who for years has underestimated the danger of a fugitive
Domenico Raccuglia arrival at police headquarters in Palermo
Di Domenico Raccuglia did not talk about anyone. 'It is a provincial mafiosazzo, "she said one day, almost three years ago, a pm (thankfully not of Palermo). No one was looking, if not Catturandi left after the arrest of Lo Piccolo practically no means one of the carabinieri and the zone of Partinico - Borgetto who had understood what the man was dangerous. Because I said the data, it said even the repentant, they said the interception and also the simple analysis of the movements that Raccuglia was much more than you thought. And in fact the boss of Altofonte was going to make the climb, perhaps not alone, of Palermo and also the place of his arrest, in the province of Trapani, says much of what was his true weight. Why Trapani reign his enemy-ally Matteo Messina Denaro, and Raccuglia had found shelter in their Calatafimi, tells of an alliance rather than a truce between the two bosses.
Well. The man has had time to grow. He was given time. Because no one was following him, the "blunt", the circle, and he did business, ordering murders, trafficking, ran rackets and public contracts. Silence. One of the first to speak was a Pino Maniaci of Telejato Partinico, then I got an aggregate I also tell the character and hazards with a long series of investigations (published either on left / Events and his own release foreign) that with the book in your back straight which is focused on precisely Raccuglia. And even a jester, Giulio Cavalli, spoke in his shows and in his speeches. Others? Silence.
Today, a few hours from Stop, started the theater of the declarations. Statements, as well as that of the national anti-mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso, who find it quite late and in some cases embarrassed and embarrassing. Again, therefore, the statements by the agencies to release ....
MAFIA: STOP Raccuglia, Mantua, FIRMNESS STATE LINE (ANSA) - ROMA, 15 NOV - "The arrest of pluriergastolano Domenico Raccuglia confirmation intensifying the fight against gangs." He said Deputy Minister, Alfredo Mantovano. "The work of disarticulation of the vertices and ramifications of the fabric mafia has experienced in recent months, an increase of aggression on the ground in illegal assets - highlights Mantovano - but he never abandoned the effort to capture the most dangerous fugitives." The arrest of Raccuglia continues, "is yet another important confirmation of the effectiveness of the daily efforts that members of the police force put in place to restore law in areas of historical and aggressive criminal presence." For this Mantovano hopes "that the transaction today, which highlights the hard line that the state has taken and will continue to recruit, both accompanied and followed by a multiplication of confidence in the populations of these areas, with the active involvement of all institutions concerned. "I express my gratitude and appreciation to the Chief of Police, Prefect Manganelli - Mantova-ends and all those who have allowed the arrest of Raccuglia.
Raccuglia, GREASE, later investigations Important (ANSA) - PALERMO, Nov. 15 - "I have to congratulate the Minister Maroni, to the Chief of Palermo and the boys section catturandi dela mobile. The capture of Raccuglia is an important investigative success. " So the national anti-Mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso said the arrest of the boss Mimmo Palermo Raccuglia. "When, recently, I heard the police chief - told - it was with some of the agents of Section catturandi, guys that I know well and with whom I worked when I was a prosecutor in Palermo. I could congratulate them too. " "Raccuglia - explained Grasso - is considered the number two, by weight criminal, on the wanted list of Cosa Nostra after Matteo Messina Denaro. In recent years it has expanded its domain from Altofonte to the border with the province of Trapani, as confirmed by the fact that he hid right in Trapani.
MAFIA: Maron, 2 arrested several COSA NOSTRA + + (ANSA) - ROMA, 15 NOV - "The arrest of Raccuglia is one of the hardest blows inflicted to the mafias in recent years because it was the de facto number two of Cosa Nostra ' . This was stated by Interior Minister Roberto Maroni. The head of the Interior Ministry telephoned the Chief of Police, Prefect Antonio Manganelli, to congratulate the operation performed by the Flying Squad of Palermo, which led to the arrest of the boss wanted for fifteen years, already sentenced to several life sentences and added to the list of thirty fugitives most dangerous.
Raccuglia; SCHIFANI, STOP THE NEW VICTORY STATE (ANSA) - ROMA, 15 NOV - Upon hearing the news of the dangerous fugitive, Domenico Raccuglia, the chairman of the Senate, Renato Schifani has sent his congratulations to the Interior Minister Roberto Maroni. Schifani The President also expressed his pleasure at the brilliant operation by calling in person to the Chief of Police Antonio Manganelli and the commissioner of Palermo Alessandro Marangoni. "The arrest of the boss Raccuglia - reads a note from the Senate - is a very important event and a further victory for the State Organized Crime."
MAFIA: Raccuglia, Vizzini, TIGHTEN UP NOW Messina Denaro (ANSA) - ROMA, 15 NOV - "Congratulations to Chief of Police Prefect Manganelli, the commissioner of Palermo Marangoni, men of the State Police and to all those who worked for the capture Domenico Raccuglia. And the statement Carlo Vizzini, chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs of the Senate. "The arrest of the boss, one of the fugitives most dangerous, is - said Vizzini - a further blow to the total dislocation of the corners of the Cosa Nostra. I think we certainly must not stop and continue, whatever the cost, to ensure the nation's prisons each mafia. I hope that more and more string around the circle Matteo Messina Denaro. The fugitives will welcome the new prison at hard labor in vain to whom complain that we will continue in fighting with great determination and without fear. "
MAFIA: Raccuglia; LOMBARDO, GREAT SUCCESS CIVIL SOCIETY (ANSA) - PALERMO, Nov. 15 - "Another great success of the police, the state, civil society. The arrest of the boss wanted for years because they were accused of heinous crimes, is good news for all the Sicilians who hope and wish strongly that this land is freed from the mafia. On behalf of the Government Regional want to congratulate the Minister and the Chief of Police: This important operation testifies to the desire not to be complacent. He said the regional president Raffaele Lombardo after the capture of mafia boss Domenico Raccuglia.
MAFIA: Raccuglia; great pleasure RUSSIA (ANSA) - ROMA, 15 NOV - The defense minister, Ignazio La Russa, he addressed words of "deep satisfaction" the Interior Minister Roberto Maroni and the Chief of Police, Antonio Manganelli, the arrest by the police of the fugitive Domenico Raccuglia, considered the number two of Cosa Nostra. It is learned at the Ministry of Defense.
Today, everyone is congratulating. Even Vizzini (who recently chased by the controversy has had to resign from the parliamentary anti-Mafia Commission). It also welcomes Maroni and Mantua, who have made devastating cuts to security and police forces. Let us remember that most of the overtime and anticipated expenses by individual officials and missions to the arrests of Provenzano and Lo Piccolo, the Ministry of Interior has strangely forgotten to pay and reimburse. The politics as usual, jumping on the bandwagon.
Now everybody to clap their hands, then forget. While the young Nicchi and Messina Denaro continue to weave the threads of the reorganization of Cosa Nostra.
The squad of Palermo with its mythical police have in recent years has cleared almost all the fugitives that have bloodied the Sicily ... no offense to the other police forces ... but these guys are the best ... also because they work without sacrificing privacy and resources .... THANKS BOYS ....
my heartfelt congratulations for the capture and especially to the children of the flying squad of Palermo ... no offense to anyone: it is easier to work and understand how a Sicilian lavoare in Sicily or with the whole buonca will etc etc for a Roman or Neapolitan or Pugliese work earth?
I read in the evening of the capture of Raccuglia I jumped on the chair. With him, maybe you stop a process of rearrangement of the vertices of the Cosa Nostra in Palermo and surroundings. Remain to see the niche role and who continues to cover the inaction of Matteo Messina Denaro