Trapper Niko Pandetta arrested again in jail, detained at therapeutic community
The Catanese singer was taken from the Lombardy-based community where he was serving an alternative sentence and transferred to prison in Sondrio as part of an anti-mafia operation by the Messina prosecutor's office that involved 36 suspects.
Fresh arrest for the Catanese singer in coordinated operation
Trapper Niko Pandetta, 35 years old, was arrested during the night of Thursday, 12 November. According to virgilio.it, the Carabinieri took him from the therapeutic community in Lombardy where he was serving an alternative sentence, transferring him to Sondrio prison. The operation is part of a major investigation coordinated by the Messina prosecutor's office that led to thirty-six precautionary measures in total.
The measure was issued by the judge for preliminary investigations. Pandetta will remain in Sondrio pending a guarantee hearing before the documents are sent to Sicily. The community in which he had been placed under supervision operated on the orders of the Florence Supervision Court.
The charges include participation in an association for criminal purposes aimed at the trafficking of narcotic substances, managed from within the Messina prison of Gazzi in 2023. The charges also include the introduction of mobile phones into penal institutions, corruption, obstruction of justice and threats against a public official, with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method. Three justice collaborators confirmed these reconstructions.
Already in June, Pandetta had been subject to a restrictive measure for alleged illicit affairs conducted from prison via mobile phones. That order had been quashed by the Catania Court of Review, allowing him access to the therapeutic community.
Pandetta is the nephew of the late Catanese mafia boss Salvatore "Turi" Cappello, held under the 41-bis regime since 1993. He initially gained musical notoriety in the neomelodic genre before establishing himself in the trap scene, winning two gold records. His career has been constantly marked by controversy for dedications to detained mafia figures during concerts and by various legal matters.
In 2022 the Court of Cassation made final a sentence of four years for drug trafficking, a sentence later increased to four years and five months for absconding following a brief period when he was untraceable, ending with his capture in Milan in the Quarto Oggiaro neighbourhood.
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