There are 20 of them electronic devices gaming machines subjected to seizure, with a person responsible reporting them to the competent authorities. This is the outcome of an intervention by Yellow Flames of the Economic-Financial Police Unit of Taranto in contrast to gamble.
The operation is the result of the constant economic control of the territory implemented by the Taranto financiers in the provincial capital; in fact, during the night, the unjustified influx of customers in a restaurant did not go unnoticedanonymous building of a city neighborhood, with barred windows, protected by metal gates, video cameras and surveillance personnel.
After having carried out some confidential inspections and stakeouts in the vicinity of the building, the soldiers of the Taranto Economic-Financial Police Unit gained access, ascertaining that as many as 20 gaming machines were present and functioning in the room on the first floor, including video poker, prohibited by law, and slot machines not connected to the IT network of the Customs and Monopolies Agency. A real “clandestine gambling den” equipped with equipped gaming stations, coin machines and a “refreshment point” available to players.
Following the investigations, during which it was established that access to the game room was only permitted to a selected clientele upon recognition through the video surveillance system, the Financial Police proceeded to seize the gaming machines as well as a substantial sum of moneyproceeds from gambling, and to report a person responsible to the competent authorities.
Further tax investigations are being carried out aimed at verifying, by the manager of the club subjected to control, the regular payment to the Financial Administration of the “Single Tax Levy“, commensurate with the sums “play” and recorded on the machine counters.
In the public gaming sector, the Guardia di Finanza protects players from illegal, unsafe and unsecured gaming proposals, safeguarding the weakest groups, first and foremost minors.
