The ten arrests, plus 17 bans on exercising business activities and the seizure of 30 million euros worth of assets from 17 companies and 25 suspects were the result of the ‘Ultimo brindisi’ (Last Toast) operation by the Catania Finance Police.
The operation was coordinated by the Palermo Public Prosecutor’s Office, against an organisation that allegedly illegally marketed beverages in Italy, evading VAT.
The arrests were carried out by the Guardia di Finanza tax police in the provinces of Venice, Vicenza, Messina, Siracusa, Salerno, Rome, Padua, Rieti, L’Aquila and Milan.
Among the suspects is the son of a boss in the Catania-based Santapaola clan of Cosa Nostra, led by jailed superboss Benedetto ‘Nitto’ Santapaola.
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