Politicians, entrepreneurs, first level bosses. And among the suspects also the UDC secretary Lorenzo Cesa, whose Roman house was searched and sifted this morning by the men of the Dia di Maurizio Vallone. The accusation, according to rumors, is alleged to be of external involvement in the mafia association. His right-hand man in Calabria, Francesco Talarico of the UDC, councilor for the budget, also ended up under house arrest.
“I received a guarantee notice on events dating back to 2017” confirms the politician with a note. “I consider myself totally foreign, I will ask through my lawyers to be heard as soon as possible by the competent prosecutor. As always, I have full and total confidence in the work of the judiciary. And given the particular phase in which our country is living, I resign my resignation as national secretary with immediate effect “he announces.
It is a maxi-operation of dozens of arrests that carried out today throughout the national territory at the request of the anti-mafia prosecutor of Catanzaro led by Nicola Gratteri and by order of the judge. Major exponents of the most important ‘ndrine of Crotone, Isola Capo Rizzuto and Cutro such as “Bonaventura” “Aracri”, “Arena” and “Grande Aracri” ended up in handcuffs, as well as important entrepreneurs and representatives of the public administration colluded with criminal organizations.
Thirteen people ended up in prison and 35 under house arrest, all accused for various reasons of money laundering, auction disruption, fictitious registration of assets and mafia association. Among them, well-known names in politics, business and the professions of Catanzaro, but also officials, public employees and politicians. Forty-nine suspects.
The “low profile” investigation found illegal movements of money worth over three hundred million euros. In addition to the precautionary measures, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Catanzaro ordered the execution of numerous seizures of company assets, real estate, vehicles, bank and postal current accounts for a value that has been defined as “considerable”.
The seized assets “go back to the state coffers and are a real recovery fund that must always be active” says Nicola Morra, the president of the anti-mafia parliamentary commission. “A sincere applause to this huge investigative effort that the Anti-Mafia Commission was able to follow thanks to the work of its DIA liaison officer Colonel Luigi Grasso” he explains in a note. “These arrests show that the state is not only present but is also stronger and more tenacious”.
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