The Naples Review Tribunal has upheld the case built by the Naples Anti-Mafia Directorate, or Dda, and the Carabinieri in the Vallo di Lauro anti-mafia investigation, rejecting requests to cancel the precautionary measures against four suspects.
According to IrpiniaNews reporting, the Eighth Section of the Review Tribunal confirmed the prosecution's allegations concerning suspected extortion linked by investigators to the Graziano clan.
What the Review Tribunal decided
The latest decision rejected defense requests to annul the precautionary measures involving the four suspects in the investigation.
The ruling confirms, at this stage of the proceedings, the precautionary framework sought by prosecutors. The full written reasoning of the Review Tribunal had not yet been published in the reports acquired.
The suspects must be considered presumed innocent until a final conviction.
The allegations: public works in the spotlight
The investigation concerns alleged extortion and attempted extortion, allegedly aggravated by the mafia method and connected by investigators to the Graziano clan.
The alleged conduct involved entrepreneurs and companies working on public works in the Vallo di Lauro, including projects concerning hydrogeological-risk mitigation.
Prosecutors allege that some demands involved a percentage of contract values or recurring payments described as "gifts" or payments to be "put in place."
The latest report describes three alleged attempted-extortion episodes and two alleged completed-extortion episodes between February and September 2026.
How the case was built
Investigative activities reportedly ran from February through September 2026.
According to the reporting, investigators used interceptions, surveillance, video recordings, photographic identifications and witness statements.
The investigation was conducted by the Naples Anti-Mafia Directorate with the Carabinieri of Baiano, focusing on four people over alleged mafia-associated extortion and attempted extortion.
The alleged roles of each suspect and the evidentiary weight of individual interceptions or witness accounts remain matters for the judicial proceedings to establish.
The four suspects named in the proceedings
Reporting identifies Fiore Graziano, Rodolfo Graziano, Nicola Dello Russo and Eugenio Russo among the suspects whose measures were addressed in the proceedings.
The latest report says Dello Russo was held in prison following new investigative developments, while Eugenio Russo was under house arrest.
Dello Russo's procedural position changed during the investigation. An earlier precautionary measure concerning him had been annulled by the Naples Review Tribunal, while the reasons for that decision were still awaited at the time. Later investigative developments then reportedly resulted in a new or aggravated measure.
The precise relationship between the earlier annulment and the later measure is described through press accounts rather than the underlying judicial orders.
Dello Russo previously did not answer the Naples judge's questions during questioning, according to IrpiniaNews.
What happens next
The Review Tribunal's decision keeps the precautionary measures in place, but it does not establish whether the allegations will result in final convictions.
That question, and the individual responsibility of each suspect, will be determined as the judicial proceedings continue.
