The Rome anti-mafia
prosecutor's office on Monday opened a probe into the two latest
acts of intimidation against Ostia's Spada criminal clan at the
weekend. On Saturday shots were fied at the door of Silvano
Spada, cousin of Roberto, being held for attacking a RAI
journalist; and on Sunday the door of Silvano's brother's house
was kicked and punched. Investigators are also probing the
kneecapping of two people including a Spada relative last week.
Investigative sources said a peace pact between clans may have
been broken and "what we are now seeing is a battle for control
of rackets" in the Roman seaside municipality.
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