THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS FOR A VALUE OF OVER 2 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM GELA CLOSE TO THE MAFIA CRIME GROUPS FROM THE AREA OF CALTANISSETTA

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out an order of final confiscation of assets issued by the court in Caltanissetta – Section Preventive Measures – against a previously convicted entrepreneur close to the mafia crime groups from the area of Caltanissetta.

The confiscation followed a proposal for personal and asset-related preventive measures made by the DIA Director as a result of an investigation aimed at locating mafia illicitly gained assets.

The investigations carried out revealed that the entrepreneur was close to the above-mentioned mafia crime groups, through  which he had over the years set up several “polluted” or “in cahoots” economic enterprises,   enriching  his personal wealth.

Moreover, since previous investigations had also ascertained the remarkable “social dangerousness” of the entrepreneur, the court in Caltanissetta had ordered that he was to be subject to special surveillance of public security with the obligation to stay in the area of his residence for two years.

The final confiscation for a value of over 2 million euros involved: 7 companies, one of which with headquarters abroad, company shares, 6 buildings, 2 pieces of land, 10 bank/post accounts and 1 car.

Caltanissetta, 21 July 2022