Controls aimed at companies operating in the automotive spare parts sales sector. They are the ones completed by carabinieri of Catania together with the investigative unit of the environmental, agri-food and forestry police. A company based in Catania, along the road, has come under the magnifying glass White Mulberry. In the circumstance, at the start of the inspection action, it was first ascertained that the owner had only a license to trade in vehicles and not for the sale of used spare parts. Furthermore, the illegal resale took place not only inside a warehouse but also in an area of approximately 170 square meters, built with a sheet metal structure, without any building permit. In both areas the military found numerous shelves full of used spare parts, but the owner had no invoice for the purchase of that goods, the origin of which became clear when, at the back of the building, the police found 5 partially dismantled cars, which had been entrusted to the owner of the company to be scrapped.
A car demolition under penalty of law, therefore, but without any authorization, which took place in an external yard through the use of hydraulic cranes, blowtorches and various tools, in an unsuitable storage area, in which waste such as tyres, rubber sleeves, metal brackets, wheel arches and vehicle engine parts had also been piled up. Furthermore, various projects had been created nearby, again in the external spaces precarious coverage under which the police found the internal parts of the cars, such as the seats and door panels, which were then resold. The premises were not even equipped with waste water pipes, so during the rains, everything was spilled into the street. The entrepreneur was therefore denounced for having achieved well 9 uncontrolled special waste deposits, for unauthorized industrial waste, building violations and lack of commercial licence, and he was also ordered to remove waste and spare parts from the uncovered areas, in accordance with the regulations, as well as to scrap all the vehicles present.
