THE DIA SEIZED ASSETS IN THE PADUA AREA FROM A PERSON HAVING LINKS WITH THE ‘NDRANGHETA

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out a seizure order, issued by the Court in Catanzaro, of movable and immovable assets in the availability of a Calabrian subject, living for the last 20 years in the province of Padua and currently in house arrest.

In the context of a previous antimafia operation, the man had already been detected as he was considered in the Padua territory the right-hand man of a criminal ‘ndrangheta-type association, being an affiliate thereof and regularly supporting it from a logistical, economic and investment-related view.

The measure stems from investigations coordinated by the DDA in Catanzaro and Venice, which ascertained elements related to his both generic and qualified social dangerousness.

The investigations allegedly discovered that he met and saw top level members of the cosche of the ‘ndrangheta. Thus, it can be assumed that a criminal association aimed at money laundering and self-laundering was set up. The latter was carried out resorting to a complex system based on issuing invoices for non-existent operations. The payment of these operations was covered by complacent bank clerks.

Today’s measure seized registered movable assets, a company operating in the building sector based in MILAN and financial resources for a total value of approx. 19,000 euros.

The operational result is the outcome of institutional activities aimed at countering illegally gained assets and linked, directly or indirectly, to criminal phenomena, thus protecting the healthy part of the national economic tissue.

Padua, 9 February 2022