Mafia, farms searched in the Agrigento area: numerous irregularities discovered

(LaPresse) Following the arrests as part of an investigation into mafia interference in the agro-pastoral sector in the province of Agrigento, the Palermo State Police…

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(LaPresse) Following the arrests as part of an investigation into mafia interference in the agro-pastoral sector in the province of Agrigento, the Palermo State Police carried out a series of searches on individuals believed to be close to those arrested, as well as multiple, targeted veterinary and hygienic-sanitary checks on agricultural companies and livestock farms active in the province of Agrigento, Santa Margherita del Belice, Montevago and Sambuca di Sicilia conducted by the Agrigento Police Headquarters, with the support of the Crime Prevention Departments of the Police of State, and of the Department of Health Activities and Epidemiological Observatory of Palermo, Agrigento and Trapani. The checks concerned, in particular, health checks in four sheep factories, two dairies and a local milk depot in the municipality of Santa Margherita Belice. The veterinary doctors, constantly supported by the policemen of the Central Operational Service, of the Sisco of Palermo and of the Mobile Squads of Agrigento and Palermo, have noted the mismatch between the consistency of the animals registered in the National Database of Zootechnical Registries and the actual number of animals present, with around 40 adult animals being absent and the presence of around 100 unidentified sheep over the age of six months and around 30 with incomplete identification also noted.

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