Authorities seize 'Castel Volturno clan's holiday homes'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 27 - Prosecutors in Santa Maria Capua Vetere near Caserta have ordered the seizure of a small village of 43 holiday homes in nearby Castel Volturno which were illegally built by members of the Belforte clan of the local organized-crime syndicate, investigative sources said on Tuesday.
    The State attorneys ordered the preventive seizure of 43 homes built in Bagnara, Castel Volturno, seven of which were used by close relatives of the clan's two founders and leaders, Salvatore and Domenico Belforte, who have been held in prison for years.
    Overall, 65 people were identified and evicted from the 43 small villas by Carabinieri police and coast guards from Pozzuoli.
    The 43 homes date back to the 1980s and are located in a coastal area where building is illegal.
    Nobody over the years denounced the presence of the illegal constructions, including local authorities, investigators said.
    (ANSA).