Two residents of Catania, aged 48 and 80, arrested for extorting money from a businessman in Messina and reported to the police.

The article describes the arrest of two individuals in the Messina area for extortion aggravated by mafia methods. The two individuals, aged 48 and 80 and from Catania, had been extorting money from a local businessman. The investigation began after the businessman reported the extortion to the police. The suspects had initially forced the businessman to purchase meat from a company they represented, and later on demanded cash payments claiming a false debt. The arrests were made by the carabinieri following a coordinated investigation by the Dda of the Messina prosecutor’s office. The suspects had threatened the businessman and his family, and had even monitored the social media profiles of the victim’s wife to pressure them into paying. One of the suspects had also committed the crime of false identity to obtain the victim’s address.

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In carcere due catanesi di 48 e 80 anni: estorcevano denaro a un imprenditore del Messinese, che alla fine li ha denunciati

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