The Financiers of the Provincial Command of Reggio Calabria have carried out a provision, issued by the Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Reggio Calabria, which orders the application of the confiscation of assets – for a total value estimated at approximately 11.5 million euros – attributable to to an entrepreneur from Gioia operating in the waste collection and management sector. The criminal figure of the aforementioned – reports a note from the yellow flames – had emerged, among others, in the “Malapigna” operation, conducted by the Carabinieri of the NIPAAF of Reggio Calabria, in which he was considered leader, promoter and organizer of the gang ” Piromalli”, of which he would become, over time, the financier and entrepreneurial economic arm.
The entrepreneur would have been permanently included in the association since at least the 1990s, initially as a mere participant and then assuming a top-down role and the function of mafia entrepreneur, operating, in particular, in the sector of disposal of ferrous and metal waste and in able, precisely by virtue of his high criminal caliber, to entertain illicit relationships with members of other mafia cliques. Furthermore, as the economic-entrepreneurial arm of the gang, the man would have made his businesses available to allow the ‘Ndrangheta to launder illicit proceeds.
In relation to the results of the investigations, the DDA of Reggio has delegated the Organized Crime Investigation Group (GICO) of the Economic and Financial Police Unit to carry out a specific economic/financial investigation aimed at the application, against the aforementioned entrepreneur, of a capital prevention measure. The activity – again reports the Guardia di Finanza – would have allowed the reconstruction of the asset acquisitions – direct and/or indirect – carried out by the entrepreneur over the course of twenty years and to identify the assets directly and indirectly in its availability, the value of which would have been decidedly disproportionate compared to the demonstrated earning capacity or the result or reuse of illicit activities.
In light of these findings, the Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Reggio Calabria ordered the seizure of the assets in February 2022 and then ordered the confiscation of all the assets already seized, consisting of the entire corporate compendium of 3 companies and 1 individual company operating in the sectors of metal waste disposal and construction – including 37 cars and vehicles, and the ownership shares of 3 lands located in the province of Reggio Calabria – 4 buildings also located in the province, 27 luxury watches, various types of jewelery and precious objects, approximately 75 thousand euros in cash, as well as all banking/financial/insurance relationships and related availability, for a total value estimated at approximately 11.5 million euros.
Furthermore, with the same provision, the Judicial Authority subjected the entrepreneur to the measure of Special Public Security Surveillance for a period of 4 years, with the obligation to stay in the municipality of residence or habitual residence.
