Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Italian police today seized 1.5 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in assets belonging to a Sicilian businessman linked to the Mafia in the countryâs biggest haul against organized crime, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said.
âIt was the biggest seizure of assetsâ in Italian history, Maroni said in a television interview on âMattino Cinqueâ on Mediaset SpAâs Canale 5. The businessman, based in the Sicilian city of Trapani, is âclose to the Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, currently at large,â Maroni said.
A statement by anti-Mafia investigators in Rome identified the businessman as Vito Nicastri, who works in alternative- energy production. He has not been arrested. His seized assets include more than 100 properties, 43 companies operating mainly in the wind-power industry, luxury cars, a 46-foot catamaran, bank accounts and securities, according to the statement.
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It´s always "Vito"...
âIt was the biggest seizure of assetsâ in Italian history, Maroni said in a television interview on âMattino Cinqueâ on Mediaset SpAâs Canale 5. The businessman, based in the Sicilian city of Trapani, is âclose to the Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, currently at large,â Maroni said.
A statement by anti-Mafia investigators in Rome identified the businessman as Vito Nicastri, who works in alternative- energy production. He has not been arrested. His seized assets include more than 100 properties, 43 companies operating mainly in the wind-power industry, luxury cars, a 46-foot catamaran, bank accounts and securities, according to the statement.
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aY.r0lmn0_E0&pos=9
It´s always "Vito"...
