Special Operation by Financial Police Leads to Arrests and Seizure of Assets Linked to Casalesi Clan

The military of the special unit of financial police of the Guardia di Finanza in Rome, with the support of the provincial command of Caserta, executed this morning a precautionary custody order issued by the GIP of the Naples Court, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, against eight people accused of belonging to an organization dedicated to the crimes of money laundering, tax fraud and fictitious ownership of goods, aggravated by the purpose of facilitating the Casalesi clan. The restrictive measure stems from an investigation that has collected evidence against a group of entrepreneurs, with an organizational base in the province of Caserta, systematically dedicated to the commission of tax crimes. Two subjects who directed and organized the activity of the association were placed in precautionary custody in prison, while the other six defendants were placed under house arrest. The GIP, at the request of the DDA, ordered the preventive seizure, also by equivalent, of financial availability, movable and immovable property, for over 11 million euros, in addition to the entirety of the shares of participation in the share capital and of the business complexes of six companies.