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The suspects are accused of nine episodes of importing cocaine from Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Panama, with a total value of 670 kg and a commercial value of 25 million euros, as well as 38 cases of drug possession and sale.
A cocaine network from South American ports to Italian ones, which continued for years despite numerous seizures and arrests, was defeated today thanks to an operation by Italy's anti-mafia.
Como and Reggio Calabria implemented the prison arrest warrant issued by the Genoa prosecutor against 22 people, one of Dominican nationality, two of Colombian nationality, seven of Albanian nationality, Italian media write.
Six of the arrested suspects are accused of being members of a criminal gang that has been operating since 2014 in Genoa, as well as in Panama; Colombia and Venezuela, which aimed to import large quantities of cocaine from Latin America.
According to investigators, the criminal gang was led by Gabriele Puleo, who had a network of contacts with drug trafficking organizations in South America. Even after his arrest, which took place on October 7, 2015, while he was trying to get a shipment of 148 kilograms of cocaine, in collaboration with fugitive Giuseppe Bellocco), Puleo, despite being detained, communicated with his associates (among them Marco Cuoco. Vincenzo Puleo) by means of cryptophones or encrypted communication systems.
Thus he continues to organize and finance on behalf of the organization the importation of new loads of cocaine coming from Colombia and the Dominican Republic and destined for Italy, via the port of Genoa, the airport of Paris, the airport of Amsterdam.
The payment of the narcotics was made by handing the cash to an intermediary in Italy, indicated by the suppliers, who took care of the delivery to the latter, using non-banking channels and delivering invoices to the buyers.
The suspects are accused of nine episodes of importing cocaine from Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Panama, with a total value of 670 kg and a commercial value of 25 million euros, as well as 38 cases of drug possession and sale.
Several guns were also seized from the suspects, including two Smith & Wesson models.
The crimes were committed between September 2014 and December 2022. The investigation was finalized through Europol, which immediately forwarded information coming from investigations launched by French authorities into criminal groups using an encrypted communication system called EncroChat.
At the request of the DDA, the assets attributed to the suspect Cuoco were seized, in particular the nominal shares of a company, two vehicles, a checking account and a white gold ring with a diamond. During the checks, documentary materials, computer equipment, bladed weapons and a semi-automatic pistol were seized.
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