HIT AGAINST “COSA NOSTRA” IN CALTANISSETTA: ASSET SEIZURE WORTH ABOUT 600,000 EUROS AGAINST A WELL-KNOWN PERSON OF CALTANISSETTA WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.

The Court of Caltanissetta, Section Preventive Measures, under the proposal of the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Caltanissetta, issued a confiscation order according to the anti-mafia legislation against a citizen of Caltanissetta, who had already been sentenced with final conviction for mafia association, extortion and drug trafficking. He is currently detained based on extortion accusation. He was also a member of “cosa nostra” criminal organization and had a leading role within cosa nostra in the area of Caltanissetta.

The investigations that led to the adoption of the preventive seizure order were carried out by the personnel the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia of Caltanissetta, who executed said order.

The seizure stems from an activity aimed at identifying and attacking illicit assets, generated also with the support of complaisant persons acting as strawmen. Such middlemen were linked to crime groups or to persons close to them and their standard of living was disproportionate compared to declared incomes and assets.

The seizure affected the entire share capital and respective capital assets of 3 limited liability company operating in the meat and food industry, as well as 2 buildings and 2 plots of lands, 6 motor vehicles and numerous financial relations in the name of affected party and/or his family, with the total estimated value of about 600,000 euros.

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