Soldiers of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Messina carried out two measures, one of confiscation and one of seizure, issued by the Prevention Measures section of the Court of Messina at the request of the District Anti -Mafia Directorate.
The recipients of the property measures are two accused subjects to belong to the clans of the “Batanese” and the “bontempo excavation”, direct emanations of the Tortorician mafia family. The measures arise from the investigations of the“Nebrodi” operationwhich has already led to convictions in the second degree for crimes connected to community fraud in the agricultural sector.
The economic-patrimonial insights conducted by the Compagnia di Milazzo and the Gico di Messina showed a disproportion between the assets owned and the income declared, suggesting that the suspects usually lived with illegal proceeds. Five insurance policies have been seized and two farms complete with assets and two financial relations confiscation, for a total value of approximately 60,000 euros.