Prato, June 29, 2029 – The guard Of finance of Prato in the checks from January 2023 to May 2024 it carried out 597 fiscal and tax interventions, discovering 31 total evaders unknown to the Tax Office and 11 paratotal ones while 417 individuals were reported for fiscal crimes and three for gangmastering, furthermore 213 undeclared workers were found and brought to light (183 of them irregular).
In the operational budget presented by the provincial command of Prato on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the foundation, it also emerges that out of approximately 600 companies subjected to inspection, closure was proposed for 250 VAT numbers (119 have already been officially closed) as they were fictitiously operating in the manufacturing sector linked to the textile supply chain, in the real estate, commercial and service sectors.
The fight against smuggling for the illicit supply of raw materials, destined for the district’s companies, is noteworthy. Such hoarding presupposes tax evasion, exploitation of labor, counterfeiting e recycling of illicit proceeds and allows companies to establish themselves on the market with prices that are unworkable for operators who respect the rules. In the same period, approximately 6 million meters of fabric were seized, for a value of over 7 million euros. Also in the smuggling sector, 69 kilos of foreign manufactured tobacco consumed fraudulently were seized and five other individuals were reported.
The Fiamme Gialle conducted investigations against illegal gambling: 109 clandestine betting collection points were discovered and 11 people reported. The financial police also carried out checks on public spending: out of 58 beneficiaries of citizen’s income, 38 were found to be responsible for undue receipt and were reported to the judicial authority for having taken a total of 220 thousand euros.
On the front money laundering and self-laundering, 9 people were reported, 391 suspicious financial flows were investigated and illicit movements worth 27 million euros were discovered. “The numbers that emerge from the Guardia di Finanza report – writes the member of Fratelli d’Italia, Chiara La Porta – demonstrate how a toxic economy continues to pollute our healthy system. Thanks to the attention of the Meloni government it is possible to intervene with regulatory instruments, such as the rule against ‘open and close’ businesses and against gangmastering”.
