ASSETS WORTH APPROX. NINE MILLION EUROS WERE SEIZED FROM ENTREPRENEURS FROM CASAPESENNA CLOSE TO THE CASALESI CLAN

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out a seizure order issued by the Court in Santa Maria Capua Vetere – Section for Preventive Measures – pursuant to a request from the Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Naples, against two construction entrepreneurs in the Caserta area.

The DIA checks, upon proxy of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Naples, concerned the families of these two persons. The checks were triggered following a deep analysis of suspect transaction reports. Hence, cash assets were detected which had not yet been subject to asset-related measures, thus being potentially available to the owners.

The crucial judicial investigations coordinated by the District Antimafia Directorate in Naples led to the arrest pursuant to a pre-trial custody order in 2006 and in 2020 of one entrepreneur who allegedly was liable of participating in a camorra-type association known as “clan dei casalesi”. Indeed, the measure was confirmed by the Court of Review in Naples, as well as by the Supreme Cassation Court.

The seizure order concerned also two companies due to the periculum in mora based on the fact that the companies were available to the suspects. It was established that both companies were instrumental to the criminal conduct of external support of the clan dei casalesi, as these very two companies received public regional procurements on the basis of the allegations.

Already in the past the Court in S. Maria Capua Vetere – Section Preventive Measures – based on the first results concerning the identified financial transactions, filed an urgent preventive seizure of no. 2 life insurances for a total amount of € 1,500,000 against one entrepreneur suspected of having laundered money stemming from proceeds of crime according to art. 416 bis.

Further complex and vast asset-related investigations, following the seizure carried out by the D.I.A. against two entrepreneurs and their cohabiting families ascertained additional huge financial resources i.e. investment funds, shares, current accounts and company shares seized with today’s order for an overall value of approx. € 9,000,000.00.

Naples, 14 Febraury 2022