The police headquarters has the power to revoke a license for the marketing of public games in the event of suspected implications in criminal activities. This is established by the sentence of the Council of State regarding a case that involved a Entrepreneur of the province of CosenzA – owner of one Active company in the Games and Bets Sector – against the police headquarters of the Province of Cosenza, following the revocation of licenses for the marketing of public games.
The provision of the police headquarters was adopted after the discovery of elements that would lead to think of an involvement of the appellant with the organized crime. In fact, a first appeal filed by the applicant had already been rejected by the Tar Calabria with a sentence of 2022 has lent mafia wrapping attempts and, consequently, it allowed its company to act as a mafia penetration tool in the public games sector, concluding that the said owner is not a reliable person in relation to the specific authorizations obtained and is not in possession of the requirement of good conduct “.
According to what emerged in the course of the case, the police headquarters revoked the authorizations on the basis of circumstances deemed relevant including frequentations with subjects with serious criminal records, attending documented at the home of an alleged chief clan and situations that would suggest The presence of a possible figurehead that could encourage the entry of mafia infiltrations into the games sector. The facts that emerged and documented by the police during the investigations led the Council of State to confirm the revocation applied by the Police Headquarters of the Province of Cosenza: “The provision is based not only on the plausible hypothesis of the fictitious interposition of person, but also on the ascertained lack of the requirement of the good conduct that can be obtained from a series of strongly contraindicated frequentations concerning the appellant who have been objectively found and duly documented”.