RIMINI. From the eight raids against money laundering for over 30 million euros to the 214 subjects subjected to checks based on the anti-mafia legislation with seizures for over 35 million euros. The 48 total tax evaders. The over 10,000 people checked during patrol services. As per tradition, the Guardia di Finanza of Rimini, on the occasion of the annual anniversary of the founding celebration of the Corps, which this year celebrates its 250th anniversary, draws up a balance of the activity of 2023 and the first five months of 2024, a period in which the service action of the economic and financial police was “particularly intensified”. Report in hand, in these 17 months there have been over 5,000 inspections and 700 investigations to combat economic-financial crime and the infiltration of crime into the economy. In the Rimini area, 48 total tax evaders and 228 irregular workers emerged, of which 118 were undeclared. There are 103 individuals reported for tax crimes, with one arrest, seizures for over 10.5 million euros and proposals for seizure for more than 63. In the matter of subsidized building and energy tax credits, frauds for around three million euros emerged, while there are 16 proposals for the cessation of VAT numbers and from the Vie database for “tax danger”. The activity of the Rimini Gdf also recorded 301 checks on tax credits, contributions and financing with frauds discovered for over 258 million euros and 70 people reported. On the public spending front, 67 checks on citizen income and new inclusion and support measures for training and work revealed illicit activities for 70,000 euros, 11 reports.
In the context of collaboration with the judicial authorities, there are 11 investigations into public spending, 29 individuals reported to the Court of Auditors and damages to the treasury for over 257 million euros. Again: there are six people reported for embezzlement. On the money laundering front, eight interventions have led to the reporting of seven people and the reconstruction of illicit operations for over 31.5 million euros with the proposal to seize assets for over 30. More than 315 suspicious financial flows have also been investigated, while at the borders, 290 controls on currency circulation have intercepted securities and securities for over 770,000 euros. There is no shortage of bankruptcy crimes with assets seized for 10 million euros; five people reported for usury and extortion, and 15 investigations into fictitious ownership of assets; while checks in application of the anti-mafia legislation on 214 individuals lead to over 35 million seizures. There were also 346 checks following requests received from the prefect. In the 17 months, the report continues, the narcotic substances seized amounted to 1.2 kilograms, mostly cocaine and marijuana, with five subjects reported, four under arrest. And 73 thousand counterfeit products seized in 54 interventions, with 12 subjects reported and 46 reported for administrative purposes. Finally, during the patrol services, over 10,000 people were checked and the Rimini Gdf, on the occasion of the flood of May 2023, employed 137 patrols for a total of 274 soldiers in anti-looting activities.
