There Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorateexecuted a seizure decree aimed at preventive confiscation issued by the Court of Trapani, concerning assets protected by historical, artistic and archaeological interest. In particular, these are various amphorae from the late Roman era and a marble base reproducing mythological scenes carved on all sides, from the Hellenistic-Roman age, all considered of great value, belonging to a international trafficker of works of artalready burdened by a confiscation order for numerous assets in his possession, as a subject suspected of belonging to Cosa Nostra and also in business with the mafia family from Castelvetrano (TP). Numerous clues emerge regarding the recipient of the provision in question regarding his dangerousness, characterized by being a person who draws his livelihood from his criminal and profit-making activity as an international trafficker of archaeological finds.
Over the years, the proposed person had already been accused of having provided multiple contributions to the functioning and strengthening of the mafia association and, in this regard, statements had been made by various justice collaborators.
The ablative measure, issued following a proposal jointly signed by the Director of the DIA and the Public Prosecutor of Palermo, follows the path traced by previous similar measures resulting from the detailed property investigations carried out by the Operational Section of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate of Trapani, which demonstrated the disproportion between the sources of income and the jobs of the family unit of the recipient of the measure.
These works of art will be entrusted for safekeeping to the Superintendency of Cultural and Environmental Heritage in order to make them accessible to the community again.
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