100mn seized from Mafia near Messina
Economic empire of businessman Busacca targeted

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 16 - Italian police on Thursday seized some 100 million euros in assets from the Sicilian Mafia near Messina.
Police said they had struck the economic 'empire' of Messina businessman Giuseppe Busacca, built on cooperatives to help the elderly and disabled in and around the eastern Sicilian port city.
He is accused of laundering money from a powerful clan based at Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.
The seized assets include social cooperatives, farm and fauna firms, public entertainment venues, hotels and real estate.
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