THE DIA CONFISCATES ASSETS IN THE NOVARA AREA FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR HAVING CLOSE LINKS WITH CALABRIAN ORGANIZED CRIME

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out a confiscation order, issued by the Court in Novara, upon a proposal of the D.I.A. Director, against an entrepreneur operating in the province of Novara having close, also professional connections with criminals convicted for mafia-type association, as they were members of the Calabrian criminal organization.

The asset-related investigation allowed to gather a number of economic-financial documents confirming that natural and legal persons close to the targeted person fictitiously owned the assets. Specifically, a company was detected operating in the sector of ferrous metals, which he managed himself.

The entrepreneur, already sentenced in the past for money-laundering, recurred to the fictitious ownership, in order to elude provisions of law, as he had been subjected to a personal and asset-related measure.

The freezing order based on the disproportion between the declared income and the assets owned and involved, besides the afore-mentioned company, bank accounts, immovables and vehicles, as well as financial and insurance assets linked to him.

The overall value of the confiscated assets amounts to approx. 600,000.00 euros.

Turin, 2 March 2022