From the Roman camp on the Via dei Gordiani to the apartments in the capital. The eighteen Roma residents arrested by police after a seven-month investigation also committed three thefts a day, often with their owners at home. An unscrupulous criminal group, which was hunted by the operational core of the Parioli company from September 2024 to last April. Yesterday there was an explosion between a hut and a container in the rest area between Tor Pignattara and Centocelle, southeast of Rome.
At least 46 cases were confirmed. Attacks are often carried out in the middle of the night. Elderly people woke up shocked, threatened with weapons and unable to move during the raid. Gold, jewels, and money are the gang’s goals. But not only that. Also on view for the Romans were amusement arcades and tobacco bars. In one case the supercar caught fire after being used for several shots. Unique direction: an inmate at the Regina Coeli prison dictates plans and gives orders. Theft, robbery, kidnapping, weapons, receiving stolen goods, vandalism and fire are among the charges for those arrested, including minors.
During the raid, the criminals were in constant telephone contact with each other. In the wiretapping, in the background of the conversation of the criminals, heartbreaking screams of the victims were heard. Well-structured gang: in the event of arrests and defections, the missing elements will be replaced by new members in a very short time. It all started with a robbery at a house in the Nomentano neighborhood. Social concerns spread like wildfire in every sector of the city. Among the victims was an elderly woman in Eur, beaten and hospitalized, as well as a woman in the Trieste district who was confined to her home for two hours after the robbery. At Torre Spaccata, a boy is attacked while he sleeps. Under threat of a knife he was forced to hand over his money and mobile phone. The bandits took the money exchange machine from the arcade, destroying it once they returned to base. To enter the apartment, the bandits broke open doors, windows and fences.
“These facts – wrote investigative judge Ilaria Tarantino in a preventive detention order – clearly demonstrate the existence of a delinquent capacity and activities carried out systematically in the context of crimes against property and violence against people as well as the incessant use of weapons. These facts indicate a close connection with a high-level criminal environment.”
In the 202-page document, the investigating judge underlined that “the suspects demonstrated a particular organization, with the use of mobile phones most often being registered to non-existent people. An organization that was also based on the existence of strong family ties and a wide network of acquaintances.
With the special ability to reorganize groups by recruiting new subjects and creating new batteries and subgroups. () There is a risk that the suspect may use violence and threats to intimidate and influence offended persons or eyewitnesses to the crime, thereby causing them to withdraw their complaints”.
