DIA: ASSET SEIZURE WORTH 1.5 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM CALABRIA DEALING IN THE FIELD OF TENDERS.

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out the seizure ordered by the Court in Bologna – Section Preventive Measures – against an entrepreneur dealing in the building industry in Emila Romagna, Lombardy, Veneto and Liguria.

On the basis of the investigative outcome, also confirmed by the important statements given by some cooperating witnesses, who identified him as an active member of the ‘ndrangheta clan from Emilia Romagna, the court in Bologna recognized that there was sufficient evidence highlighting the “qualified” social dangerousness of the entrepreneur. “qualificato”.

Investigations highlighted that the entrepreneur’s firms and companies (often registered for complaisant strawmen, in line with the well-established clan-type strategy) were used by the ‘ndrangheta to carry out construction works aimed at infiltrating local and national economy and to issue false invoices, contributing to the enrichment of the mafia clan and its members.

Today’s result is part of the institutional activities aimed at attacking the illicitly gained assets which are directly or indirectly linked to mafia-type criminal activities, thus protecting the healthy sector of the national economy.

The measure was proposed jointly by the Public Prosecutor in Bologna and the DIA Director. It concerned 5 companies and relevant corporate assets, 6 real estate assets, 2 motor vehicles and multiple bank accounts, for a total of about 1.5 million euros.

Today’s result is part of the institutional activities aimed at attacking the illicitly gained assets which are directly or indirectly linked to mafia-type criminal activities, thus protecting the healthy sector of the national economy.

Bologna, 05 gennaio 2022