‘Ndrangheta: assets seized for 1 million from boss Piromalli

Ukraine, Zelensky:

(ANSA) – MILAN, MARCH 09 – The Carabinieri of ROS, assisted by those of the Provincial Commands of Reggio Calabria and Milan, have seized assets for a total value of about one million euros, located in the provinces of Reggio Calabria and Milan and constituted from 3 business complexes and various financial resources, to Antonio Piromalli, implementing a decree issued by the Court – Prevention Measures Section – of Reggio Calabria on the proposal of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Republic of Reggio Calabria.

The seizure arose from the ‘Provvidenza’ operation in 2017, following which Piromalli – born in 1972 – reported a sentence on appeal of 19 years and 4 months of imprisonment, as he was held responsible for mafia association, money laundering, fictitious registration of assets and aggravated scam.

The patrimonial investigations revealed the control exercised by the Piromalli clan of part of the Reggio agricultural commercial chain, conditioned by a consortium affected by the ablative measure, through which large quantities of citrus fruits were sent to the fruit and vegetable market in Milan for sale. The investigations also confirmed the operation of the gang within the same fruit and vegetable market in Milan, where a company that manages a wholesale fruit and vegetable stand was seized. The company was used by Piromalli to market a batch of poor quality citrus fruits. In the Milanese hinterland, another import-export company was also identified, formally owned by an American company, used for a food fraud against American companies, which would have allowed the clan to make an overall gain of between 1.5 and the 2 million euros, selling pomace oil as if it were extra virgin. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

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