The carabinieri of the company of Pactswith the support of the soldiers of Trapani, they have performed Between the town of Messina and Castelvetrano a decree of detention of suspect of crimeissued by the Messina District Prosecutor, towards 5 citizens Tunisian (aged 25 to 42), some of which residents in the Tyrrhenian province, between Capo d’Orlando and Patti.
The details of the operation
The detention was issued by virtue of the danger of escape and a complex framework of circumstantial gravity against the same suspects, regarding the crime of criminal association aimed at the aiding and abetting illegal immigrationalso aggravated by the availability of weapons, as well as for an episode of landing of illegal immigrants who took place on the evening of June 12 on the Trapani coast.
The decreases of Fermo, subjected to the examination of the judicial authority of Patti and Marsala, was followed by the issue of an ordinance of precautionary custody in prison against the same investigated for the crimes in question. Subsequently, the facts will be subjected to the passing of the investigating judge of Messina, identified as competent for the territory.
The investigation, coordinated by the District Prosecutor of Messina and delegated to the Carabinieri of the Compagnia di Patti, made it possible to document the existence of an association for criminal, permanently dedicated to the commission of an indeterminate series of aiding and abetting illegal immigration, which would have organized, behind cash compensation by migrants, crossing the sea through the use of rubber boats, from the tunis coasts to the Sicilian ones.
In particular, lastly, in the night of June 12, the suspects would have transported illegally, from Tunisia to the Trapani coast, about 20 migrants who, immediately after the arrival on the beach, were identified and tracked down by the carabinieri of the companies of Trapani, Marsala and Mazara del Vallo, who operated in close coordination with the Carabinieri of Patti. The foreigners landed, including 2 women and 5 minors, were rescued and transferred to the CPR of Trapani to be subjected to health checks and identification procedures.
The investigation also made it possible to outline the structures and the organizational distribution of the roles of the individual members of the criminal association, it also appeared to have the availability of weapons.
Among the subjects subjected to pre -trial detention in prison, also, with the role of Scafist, also the 31 -year -old Tunisian who on March 9, 2025 was escaped from the Barcelona prison.