The mafia is present in the Roman
costal municipality of Ostia and the "situation is serious"
there, the chair of the parliamentary anti-mafia commission,
Rosy Bindi, said Tuesday.
She said that Ostia itself was "not usual mafia territory but
the mafias are strong and well-established there".
There has recently been a police clampdown in Ostia, whose
council was dissolved for mafia infiltration two years ago,
because of the resurgence of a clan turf war.
Ostia has also hit the headlines after a member of the Spada
clan headbutted and broke the nose of a RAI reporter asking him
questions about the clan's alleged support for the far-right
CasaPound group, which scored an unexpectedly high 9% in recent
elections there.
Rome Mayor Virgina Raggi said Tuesday "out with the mafia and
solidarity to the new municipal director, Cinzia Esposito," who
has received mafia threats.
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