THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA SEIZES ASSETS IN THE FOGGIA AREA FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR OPERATING IN THE AGRICULTURAL, REAL ESTATE AND OLIVE OIL TRADE SECTORS

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out an asset-related measure ordered by the Court in Bari,  upon a formal joint request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bari and the Director of the DIA, against an entrepreneur from Cerignola (FG) engaged in the real estate, agricultural and olive oil trade sectors.

The person is directly involved in a number of judicial proceedings since the 80s, as being one of the most important olive oil adulterators at the national level, spreading also his strong tentacles on the international food market.

After complex personal and asset-related checks, the investigators established that the a.m. person unlawfully amassed wealth and riches and  made investments highly beyond his declared income and his real economic capacity.

The seizure. amounting to an estimated value of  10,000,000 euros, concerned 3 agricultural companies, 1 olive oil bottling company, and 2 real estate companies as well as cars, special operating machines, 26 plots of land, 28 buildings, other beneficial rights and a number of financial relationships.

Today’s result is the outcome of institutional activities aimed at countering illegal assets linked, directly or indirectly, to criminal mafia-type phenomena, thus protecting and safeguarding the healthy tissue of the national economy.

Foggia, 12 September 2023