Italy Seizes $1.7B Inward Mafia-Linked Property

From the Organized Crime together with Corruption Reporting Project, Nov. 27:

Italian government bring seized €1.5 billion ($US 1.7 billion) inwards assets from the heirs of a piece of cake human being of affairs who had allegedly built his wealth on funds provided yesteryear Sicily’s notorious Cosa Nostra organized offense group, the country’s Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (DIA) announced Saturday.

The properties included over 200 buildings, a yacht, iii resorts, 25 companies, together with a golf game gild inwards Rome, all linked to the tourism together with electronics empire of Carmelo Patti.

Investigators state Patti, who died inwards Jan 2016, grew his businesses amongst coin provided yesteryear a Sicilian mafia household unit of measurement headed yesteryear Matteo Messina Denaro, who has been on the run since 1998 together with has been given a life judgement inwards absentia for murder....MORE