Overview
- Carabinieri from the ROS and the Cosenza provincial command carried out the operation on October 28, arresting 41 people with 24 placed in prison custody and 17 put under house arrest.
- Corigliano–Rossano mayor Flavio Stasi was ordered to house arrest and municipal councillor Pietro Lucisano also faces home detention as part of the measures.
- Investigators identify Damiano Pepe as a leading figure in the Abbruzzese–Pepe grouping who was wounded in the October 24 ambush that killed his wife Silvana Sibarelli.
- The Catanzaro DDA obtained a GIP order charging suspects with mafia‑type association, homicide, weapons offenses, extortion and a claimed patto elettorale politico mafioso, a term for alleged electoral deals between criminals and politicians.
- Prosecutors say the sweep struck the group's top levels and its political links, a development that will prompt pretrial hearings, closer scrutiny of local governance and possible legal and political fallout in the Sibaritide area.