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Seizures for 2 million, 2 arrests, searches in Germany
BOLOGNA, 09 OCT - They are accused of laundering proceeds from organised crime into commercial activities.
This is the accusation at the basis of a custodial order issued by the investigating judge of Bologna Domenico Truppa and executed by the Guardia di Finanza against an entrepreneur of Calabrian origin, Omar Mohamed, who has been living in Bologna for some time, and a person of Campanian origin, Massimo Nicotera, believed to be connected to Camorra-style associations.
Seizures for around two million and searches were carried out, including in Germany.
The two are being investigated by the DDA of Bologna (Pm Flavio Lazzarini) on various counts together with 14 others for a series of crimes, some of which were aggravated by the 'mafia method': money laundering, reinvestment of illicit proceeds, usury, extortion, misappropriation of public funds, fraudulent transfer of assets, drug crimes, exploitation of prostitution and attempted kidnapping.
The investigations have allowed us to reconstruct the relational connections from which the Calabrian entrepreneur benefited and how he allegedly received "anomalous financing" over time from criminals believed to be close to the Camorra and 'Ndrangheta. These "loans", sometimes in cash, other times with financial transactions, were then reinvested in the acquisition of companies, real estate and luxury cars. As documented by investigators, the money was then laundered and returned also thanks to local entrepreneurs, with the issuing of invoices for non-existent transactions.