Overview
- Alessandro Moretti, 34, was shot while riding a scooter on via Sant'Antonio in Foggia on January 15 and died shortly after reaching the hospital.
- Police secured the scene and opened an investigation as detectives from the mobile squad review nearby surveillance footage.
- The Bari district anti-mafia directorate has taken over the case, with investigators cautioning that the murder could trigger a new feud between rival clans.
- Rocco Moretti, 75, a leading Società Foggiana boss, is serving 10 years and 8 months under the 41-bis regime after a definitive conviction in the 'Decima azione' trial, and authorities have recently seized over €2.5 million in his assets.
- Local reports note the victim had prior cases for drugs and weapons, a 2012 arrest over threats to a murder witness, alleged involvement in a 2016 plot targeting a police inspector, and a 7-year-4-month sentence in the 'Decimazione' case.