[2] Currently, it is considered one of the most brutal and bloody of all the organized crime groups in Italy[3]—there was about one murder a week, one robbery a day and an extortion attempt every 48 hours in Foggia province in 2017 and 2018.
According to Deputy Prosecutor Antonio Laronga, the Società foggiana was founded in 1979, after a meeting between Raffaele Cutolo, at the time leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), and Apulian criminals at Hotel Florio, in the Province of Foggia.
At the time Cutolo was waging a bloody war against the historic leaders of the Camorra, such as Michele Zaza, the Nuvoletta brothers, Antonio Bardellino, Carmine Alfieri and Luigi Giuliano.
In the meeting, Cutolo and the Apulians reached an agreement, founding the branch of the NCO in Apulia, known as the Nuova Camorra Pugliese, that according to Laronga, was the true predecessor of the Società foggiana.
Following the arrests made by the police in the Mantide operation, among the many details, macabre revelations emerged, such as the photo of Laviano's severed head, shown to the main members of the Società Foggiana during the summits.
"[10] According to the investigations, Società foggiana's members from San Severo, in the province of Foggia, are active in the drugs market with the support of eastern European criminals, in particular with the Albanian mafia.
The vast network of drug traffickers, extended from Morocco, passing through Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands to finally arrive in Trentino and in Bolzano.
About 40 alleged members, including the clan leaders Federico Trisciuoglio and Pasquale Moretti, were arrested in dawn raids by hundreds of police centred on Foggia.