HALF-YEAR REPORT
1st half of 2022

The Report on the activities carried out and the results achieved by the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia in the first half of 2022 has been published. The Report, which was submitted by the Minister of the Interior, analyzes the mafia-style organized crime phenomena referring to the first half of 2022.

The report gives an overview of the criminal scenario and the evolutionary trends of mafia-style and ethnic-based organized crime groups, examining their modus operandi and their capacity to infiltrate legal economy, destabilizing public order and security.

As in the previous report, much attention has been paid to the increasingly use of emerging technologies in the financial transactions, such as blockchain, digital tokens – cryptocurrencies and NFTs – and to the institutional initiatives aimed at effectively combating money laundering and the financing of mafia-style organized crime groups.

The Report highlights the importance of international cooperation as a tool to strengthen the fight against criminal syndicates, whose interests now go beyond the national borders. In this regard, the DIA is firmly committed to combating mafias from an international perspective, not only at the operational level but also raising the awareness of foreign counterparts. In pursuing this goal, the DIA makes use of the important project of the @ON Operational Network, as thoroughly described in the FOCUS of this Report which was conceived and promoted by the DIA and of which the DIA is its Project Leader.

*** Senate of the Republic

Abstract English version

“I am Not Mafia”

A sentence becomes a chorus, a sentence becomes an image. Faces, voices, and colors in the world’s languages represent a universal message. “IO SONO NO MAFIA” (I AM NOT MAFIA) is an institutional advertisement that, in forty seconds, conveys the message of the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate through the younger generations. An ideal witness that the men and women of the DIA deliver to the boys and girls of the future generations as a sign of education towards legality and anti-mafia culture.

Papal audience on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the DIA

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City, as part of the events planned to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate, the personnel of the DIA were received by the Holy Father. On this occasion, the Deputy Director General of Public Security in charge of Coordination and Planning Activities, Prefect Stefano GAMBACURTA, and the Director of the DIA, Maurizio VALLONE, gave a gift to Pope Francis.

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIACONFISCATES OVER 12 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR IN THE TRAPANI AREA

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

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JOINT OPERATION BETWEEN THE DIA AND THE DUTCH POLICE: LOGISTICS BASE OF THE ‘NDRANGHETA DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN EUROPE, DRUG TRAFFICKER ARRESTED

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS WORTH OVER THREE MILLION EUROS AGAINST AN ALLEGED ‘NDRANGHETA MEMBER

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JOINT OPERATION BY THE DIA AND THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL: 700 KG OF COCAINE SEIZED ON A VESSEL OFF THE CANARY ISLANDS

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CARRIED OUT AN ORDER OF CONFISCATION WITH A VALUE OF OVER ONE MILLION EUROS

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA FOLLOWING AN ORDER OF THE DDA OF THIS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, CARRIED OUT PRE-TRIAL HOUSE ARREST ORDERS AND HOME SEARCH ORDERS AGAINST HIGH-PROFILE MEMBER OF THE DISMANTLED ORGANIZATION “AVANGUARDIA NAZIONALE”, AND OTHER TWO PEOPLES.

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THE DIA SEIZED HUGE REAL ESTATE ASSETS OWNED BY AN AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEUR INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND USURY

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS WORTH OVER 2 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR IN CASERTA SENTENCED FOR MAFIA-TYPE ASSOCIATION

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA SEIZED ASSETS WORTH ABOUT 10 MILLION EUROS AGAINST AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM AVELLINO AND HER BROTHER. THEY ARE BOTH SUSPECTED OF BEING CLOSE TO THE NUOVO CLAN PARTENIO

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS WORTH MORE THAN 50 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR IN RAVENNA

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CARRIED OUT A PRE-TRIAL DETENTION ORDER AGAINST 3 PERSONS

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS WORTH 18 MILLION EUROS FROM THE HEIRS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR  IN CATANIA

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS WORTH ABOUT 4 MILLION EUROS FROM A KNOWN OFFENDER WITH PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS OF MARTINA FRANCA

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATES ASSETS FOR 6 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM CASTELVETRANO SENTENCED FOR MAFIA-TYPE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CARRIED OUT A FINAL CONFISCATION ORDER OF ASSETS FOR APPROX 6 MILLION EUROS AGAINST AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM THE CASERTA AREA SENTENCED FOR MAFIA-TYPE CRIMINAL ASSOCIAITON

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA SEIZES ASSETS IN GREECE AND BULGARIA TOTALLING OVER 2 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR ALLEGEDLY CLOSE TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE TARANTO AREA

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ASSETS AND COMPANIES CONFISCATED FOR AN OVERALL VALUE OF 65 MILLION EUROS FROM THREE ENTREPRENEURS FROM GELA, OPERATING IN THE SALE OF CARS AND THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR, ALLEGEDLY CLOSE TO THE “COSA NOSTRA”

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS FOR AN OVERALL VALUE OF TWO MILLION EUROS

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATED ASSETS WORTH TWO MILLION EUROS

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ELECTORAL EXCHANGE: THE DIA ENFORCES A PRELIMINARY CUSTODY ORDER AGAINST 18 PERSONS

https://direzioneinvestigativaantimafia.interno.gov.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Video-per-sito.mp4 Press release Press release Upon proxy of the acting District Public Prosecutor...

THE COURT IN CATANZARO ISSUED A PREVENTIVE SEIZURE ORDER OF 4 MILLION EUROS FROM A REAL-ESTATE AGENT

Mafia-Style Organized Crime Groups: 'NDRANGHETA Subjects Affected: 1 Measures Taken: SEIZURE Amount: 4...

THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATES ASSETS FOR OVER 4 MILLION EUROS LINKED TO AN ENTREPRENEUR CLOSE TO THE ‘NDRANGHETA

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATES ASSETS WORTH 400 THOUSAND EUROS FROM A PERSON CLOSE TO A ‘NDRANGHETA FAMILY IN CITTANOVA (RC)

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THE  DIA CONFISCATES ASSETS AND COMPANIES FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION “MAFIA AND TENDERS” IN THE 90s

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INFILTRATION OF THE ‘NDRANGHETA INTO THE ECONOMY: INVESTIGATION BY THE DIA AND THE GUARDIA DI FINANZA IN REGGIO CALABRIA – A LEADING COMPANY IN THE SECTOR OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION WAS PLACED UNDER JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT

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THE DIREZIONE INVESTIGATIVA ANTIMAFIA CONFISCATES ASSETS WORTH 1.3 MIL EUROS  FROM TWO ENTREPRENEURS OPERATING IN THE BUILDING SECTOR

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THE DIA CONFISCATED REAL ESTATE AND COMPANIES WORTH 4 MILLION EUROS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR IN THE PROVINCE OF ENNA

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SEIZURE OF ASSETS WORTH ABOUT THREE MILLION EUROS AGAINST A HIGH-RANKING MEMBER OF THE CLAN OPERATING IN POGGIOMARINO

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PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IN ROME

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The Mafia is a human phenomenon and thus, like all human phenomena,
it has had a beginning and an evolution, and will also have an end”.
I only hope the death of the Mafia doesn’t come along with the final end of mankind.”

Giovanni Falcone.