While the city of Naples was still immersed in sleep, at dawn a group of police it was already in full swing.
This is not the plot of an action film, but the chronicle of a real time operation to dismantle a criminal organization that he had done scams his specialty is against the elderly. Using the clever mechanism of “fake nephew“, the group had operated undisturbed for over a year.
Details of the police operation
In a decisive move, the handcuffs came off and five individuals were taken into custody. Thanks to the collaboration with theJudicial authority, the police have highlighted 25 incidents of fraud.
A detail that catches the eye is the geographical distribution: these are not small towns, but an area that embraces the provinces of Naples, Caserta, Salerno and Latina. Each member of the organization had a specific task, making it a well-orchestrated operation.
A real scam telephone hub
Right in the heart of the historic center of Naples, investigators discovered what could be defined as the “brains” of the operation: a telephone hub. Calls to future victims were made from this exchange.
Once contact is made, the information they were passed to accomplices in the field, who then completed the scam.
How many people were arrested and what was confiscated
In addition to the five main protagonists, the toll of the handcuffs included five other people, arrested in flagrante delicto. But justice didn't stop there.
They were seized approximately 11.000 euros in cash and various valuables, which were promptly returned to the victims of the scam.
