Thirteen arrested in Naples in probe of alleged camorra infiltration of public contracts

The dawn operation

On Tuesday, 10 November 2026, investigators carried out arrests in Naples and its province under an inquiry run by the Naples anti-mafia directorate (Dda), led by prosecutors Henry John Woodcock and Colonna Romano with deputy chief prosecutor Ferrigno. Nine people were ordered into prison and four placed under house arrest, on orders signed by judge Emilio Mino. The Guardia di Finanza's economic and financial police unit, under colonel Paolo Consiglio, served the orders alongside the investigative unit of the Naples coast guard. A company based in Volla was placed under preventive seizure. Searches were carried out on 22 suspects and one person who is not under investigation.

The Soresa case

Tommaso Casillo, president of the board of Soresa Spa, the Campania regional body that acts as central purchasing agency for healthcare, is in prison. The charges against him are corruption and disruption of tender procedures. A former senator, Casillo was undersecretary for infrastructure in the second Prodi government and vice president of the regional council from 2015 to 2020. Mario and Marco Langella, father and son, were also remanded in custody, accused of external complicity in a mafia association and of corruption, and the Langella Mario srl was seized. The main allegation is a bribe of 100,000 euros promised to Soresa's president to help Marco Langella's company win a 23.8 million euro tender for stretchers.

The Somma Vesuviana waste contract

The earliest episode concerns a five-year contract for collecting and transporting urban waste in Somma Vesuviana, a tender worth almost 30 million euros that was awarded on 15 December 2025 to Langella Mario srl. Investigators say the procedure was conditioned from the drafting of the tender notice, with corrupt agreements totalling 150,000 euros. Antonio Rea, who allegedly introduced Marco Langella to Soresa's president, has been summoned for preventive questioning. Investigators reconstructed how the money was split from intercepted conversations between father and son. In their reading, 100,000 euros in instalments went to Nicola Boccia, a Somma Vesuviana municipal official, and 20,000 euros to Casillo. A further 30,000 euros was allegedly paid to Massimo Sibilio, a Soresa employee in charge of the award phase, in exchange for confidential information about the commission's work.

Teresa Manzo and a 2020 appointment

Former Five Star Movement MP Teresa Manzo is under investigation, and her position is tied to the appointment of Dario Vicidomini as coordinating commissioner of the Centro Unico di Servizi per le societa cooperative at the Ministry of Economic Development. The nomination was formalised on 30 November 2020 by the minister at the time, Stefano Patuanelli, who is not under investigation. According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, Manzo, then a deputy and vice president of a parliamentary control commission on social security bodies, allegedly backed the nomination together with then regional councillor Gennaro Saiello. The same report says Vicidomini would later have committed to hiring and paying Manzo's partner, who is also under investigation. Articles describe the investigative picture as still being defined.

Wider probe and political fallout

Beyond the arrests, prosecutors have summoned for preventive questioning the mayor of Volla and the general manager of Asl Napoli 3 Sud, as well as Boccia, Sibilio and Rea. The offences listed across the inquiry, each applying to different suspects, include mafia association, external complicity in mafia association, corruption, disruption of tender procedures, invoices for non-existent transactions and aggravated attempted extortion. The tenders examined cover the municipalities of Volla, Casoria, Somma Vesuviana and Cercola, as well as regional healthcare procedures. Il Giornale reports that Casillo is considered one of the people closest to former governor Vincenzo De Luca, and that his daughter Rosella Casillo was a candidate in the coalition led by Roberto Fico.

Ordered into prison9

Under house arrest4

Invited for preventive questioning18

Searched (suspects)22

Ordered into prison

9 people

Under house arrest

4 people

Invited for preventive questioning

18 people

Searched (suspects)

22 people

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