There Messina’s Financial Police carried out an investigation this morning asset seizure decree against Salvatore Soaracio, convicted Messina mafia currently detained in prison, as ordered by the prevention measures section of the Court of Messina at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate.
The asset investigations conducted by the military of provincial command of the Guardia di Finanza have made it possible to ascertain that the assets attributable, even indirectly, to Sparacio are not justified by the declared incomes, leading us to believe that they are the result of illicit activities of the mafia clan to which he belongs.
The dangerousness of the convicted felon – already convicted of numerous mafia-related crimes, including participation in a mafia-type association with sentence of the Court of Messina of 2010 – was further confirmed by statements from various justice collaborators, who outlined his criminal caliber and stable membership of clans operating in the area centre-south of the city.
Sparacio had been involved in multiple legal proceedings, including the“Totem” operation, coordinated by the DDA of Messina and conducted by GICO of the Guardia di Finanza, which had revealed a mafia network active in the neighborhood of Carousel, mainly linked to illicit gaming and clandestine online betting.
His top role was then also confirmed within the“Provincial” operation, which dismantled a mafia group capable of exercising a capillary control of the territory, in collaboration with other historic exponents of Messina organized crime, jointly managing various illegal activities.
The investigations also established that the offender, making use of compliant frontmen, he had tried to hide the real ownership of businesses and economic activities, evading asset prevention measures and facilitating receiving stolen goods, laundering and reusing illicit proceeds.
The operation, coordinated by the DDA, represents a new blow to the assets accumulated over time by the Messina mafia clans, confirming the commitment of the Guardia di Finanza in combating the economic-financial and mafia-related crimes.