BARI: THE DIA SEIZED ASSETS WORTH EUR 3,000,000

The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia carried out an order of seizure issued by the court of Bari – Section III acting as Court for Preventive Measures – against a well-known suspect with several convictions of Bari, who is considered as the historical counterpart of the “Parisi” clan”.

Based on his previous convictions for mafia-type association, money laundering, receiving stolen goods, drug possession and trafficking – huge amounts – manslaughter, the affected party was considered as a socially dangerous person. The complex asset-related investigations – carried out by the DIA under the umbrella of the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Bari – have revealed that the affected part (at present and pending verification before judgement during the adversarial phase) had accumulated disproportionate assets as opposed to his declared income. This confirmed the hypothesis of the possible connection between his wealth and the reinvestment of his illicitly earned profits.

Today’s ablative measure affected corporate assets made up of 13 real estate properties (including a building in a historical city centre) cars, cash, financial resources. The assets, worth EUR 3 million, were formally registered for strawmen but can be traced back to the suspect.

The outcome is part of the institutional activities aimed at attacking the illicitly gained assets, which are directly or indirectly linked to criminal contexts, so to protect and safeguard the national healthy economy.

Bari, 27 September 2024