Years active 2000s – present Membership Ca. 40 known members | Ethnicity Italians Location Rome, Italy | |
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Territory Rome and his metropolitan area Leader(s) Massimo Carminati (arrested in 2015) Criminal activities Racketeering, conspiracy, loan-sharking, extortion, drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering, illegal works, bribery | ||
The Mafia Capitale is the name given to a scandal involving the government of the city of Rome, in which alleged crime syndicates misappropriated money destined for city services. It operated in the city of Rome and the region of Lazio.
A police investigation by Rome's chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone, revealed a network of corrupt relationships between some politicians and criminals in the Italian capital.
The scheme took advantage of the recent influx of immigrants from eastern Europe, as well as refugees from Africa and the Middle East, with one of the group's associates boasting that they made more money from the new arrivals than they did from drug trafficking. The criminal organization also used its connections to secure lucrative public contracts, before accepting payments for substandard or, sometimes, non-existent services. Among those investigated are former mayor Gianni Alemanno and Massimo Carminati, a member of the Banda della Magliana, as well as members of the 'Ndrangheta.
A 1200-page arrest warrant was issued in December 2014, and was followed by dozens of arrests. Among those investigated and arrested of the current government of the city are the president of Rome's parliament, the head of the city's public-housing division, and the former president of the X municipality, Ostia.