REGGIO CALABRIA – Between Calabria and Lombardy, the Guardia di Finanza has seized assets with a total value estimated at 6.5 million euros.
The activity constitutes the epilogue of complex investigations of an economic-patrimonial nature, towards an entrepreneur from Reggio Calabria, Domenico Chilà, 61 years old, suspected of having assumed the role of reference entrepreneur of historic territorial branches of ‘Ndrangheta, having ensured them the possibility of receiving the proceeds of public contracts.
The criminal figure of the entrepreneur had emerged as part of the “Inter Nos” operation, which ended with the execution of personal precautionary measures against 18 subjects and seizures of over 12 million euros, within which the aforementioned was postponed on trial for the crimes, among others, of mafia-type association and criminal association aimed at committing an indeterminate series of corruption crimes, disrupting the freedom of auctions and, more generally, crimes against the public administration.
The compendium of evidence collected in the context of the aforementioned proceedings would have highlighted, in fact, a well-established and well-structured corruption system which would have allowed the company attributable to the proposed company to carry out the cleaning service undisturbed, with the support of the ‘Ndrangheta. In particular, the subject, together with other entrepreneurs, would have created a well-organized criminal system lasting many years and, through corrupt conduct with public administration officials – the latter also involved in the criminal proceedings “Inter Nos” – and auction rigging, would have managed to secure, for over twenty years, the public contract for cleaning and sanitization services at the health facilities falling within the competence of the ASP of Reggio Calabria. To this end, a common fund would have been set up in which each entrepreneur would have paid, based on their economic strength, their contribution intended to bribe public officials and pay the ‘Ndrangheta families.
In light of the aforementioned evidence, the local District Anti-Mafia Directorate – increasingly interested in the
economic-entrepreneurial aspects linked to organized crime – delegated the GICO of the Nucleus
Economic and Financial Police of Reggio Calabria to carry out a specific economic/patrimonial investigation aimed at the application, against the aforementioned entrepreneur, of a measure of
personal and financial prevention. The activity under review, also enhancing the results of previous investigations, made it possible to detect, through a complex and detailed verification activity, the assets directly and indirectly in the availability of the proposed person, the value of which would have been disproportionate compared to the manifested earning capacity. On this basis, with the provision in execution, the Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Reggio Calabria has ordered the application of the patrimonial prevention measure of the seizure of the illicit assets attributable to the entrepreneur, consisting, specifically, of the entire compendium corporate of 2 companies mainly active in the sectors of general building cleaning and buying and selling, administration,
development and rental of real estate, shares in 1 joint-stock company, 4 properties, 1
vehicle, as well as banking, financial, insurance relationships and related availability, for a value
overall estimated at approximately 6.5 million euros.
