ROME -- An anti-Mafia blitz on Tuesday morning has led to arrest warrants being issued for eight individuals linked to Rome's Camorra clan as well as the capture of a Mafia boss fleeing from Naples, police officials announced.

 The eight now being pursued are suspected of forming part of a criminal network operating in Rome in the fruit and vegetable and mozzarella market sectors, accusations ranging from fake ownership of goods to threats and physical harm. These crimes are aggravated by links to Camorra-affiliated Moccia clan bosses.

 Goods of up to a value of one million euros have been confiscated in the capital, including hotels and commercial goods between Afragola and Rome, after a gelateria and a hotel in the city centre were tracked down. Searches are underway in various other regions of Italy.

 The criminal network was intercepted after phone conversations between Mafia bosses Gennaro and Pasqua Moccia were tapped into, in which authorities heard that one of them was "looking to buy a hotel in Piazza di Spagna."

 Statements from a justice informer Savatore Scufuto in December were also crucial in leading to the identification of the Mafia network, after he shed light on their ground operations as well as some extortions and a robbery. Scufuto affirmed that the clan had spent five billion lire carrying out works on the hotel in question.

 The second anti-Mafia success of Tuesday morning was the capture of Camorra boss Alessandro Giannelli, 38, wanted since the end of 2015. Giannelli, head of the eponymous criminal group active in Naples' Cavalleggeri zone, was tracked down and arrested on the motorway between Naples and Rome as he was fleeing towards the capital. Shortly after changing vehicles to avoid being tracked, police succeeded in surrounding the new car, forcing Giannelli to give himself up. He was found in possession of 5,000 euros in cash as well as false documents, a Rolex watch and three mobile phones.

 In the beginning of January an arrest warrant had been issued for the Mafia boss after he was held responsible for attempted extortion, damages, personal violence and possession of illegal firearms, all of which worsened by Camorra involvement.

 In the last weeks there have been several murders and disappearances in Cavalleggeri where the group is active.

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