Blow to the assets of the Mala del Brenta. Assets worth about 2 million euros confiscated. The finance police of the Special Unit for Financial Police, together with the Provincial Commands of Venice and Florence, have carried out the final confiscation against a person convicted of laundering illicit proceeds linked to Felice Maniero. The measure concerns real estate, luxury cars, jewelry, paintings, financial assets, 15 valuable watches, and 90 thousand euros in cash.
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The investigations
As reconstructed by a statement from the Guardia di Finanza, the investigations, previously conducted by the Special Unit for Financial Police, originated from the statements of Felice Maniero, former head of the criminal association, and allowed the identification of the destination of illicit proceeds from crimes committed by the mafia association. The investigations, carried out through bank checks, document analysis, technical investigations, economic-asset in-depth studies to determine income disproportion, international rogatories ordered by the judicial authority, taking of summary information from persons informed of the facts, and on-site verifications, confirmed the statements of the former head of the mafia association and identified the illicit proceeds used to purchase real estate and movable property, including watches and luxury cars, investment financial instruments linked to Felice Maniero.
The confiscation
The investigative activity ended with the execution of a precautionary custody order and the simultaneous seizure of real estate, financial assets, cars, and luxury goods, related to the laundering of illicit proceeds of the mafia association led by Felice Maniero.
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The assets involved
Therefore, following the final conviction sentence, the Court of Venice ordered the confiscation of assets linked to the convicted person and their relatives, consisting of 2 properties located in the Province of Florence and Lucca, 5 cars, jewelry and valuable paintings entrusted to judicial administration, financial assets deposited in bank accounts and the contents of safety deposit boxes of two banks in the province of Empoli (cash amounting to 90 thousand euros and 15 luxury watches), for a total amount subject to confiscation of about 2 million euros.
The social significance
The confiscation of illicit assets constitutes an important form of combating economic and financial crimes but also assumes a “social” value as it allows returning wealth accumulated over time by criminal organizations to the community.
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