External competition in mafia association, money laundering and fraudulent transfer of values. These are the charges that two Catania entrepreneurs will have to answer, who ended up under investigation as part of the "Picaneddu" operation conducted by the carabinieri, which led to the arrest of 15 people, members of a criminal group active in the Picanello district of the Sicilian city .
According to what hypothesized by the investigations, they would have made themselves available to keep the assets accumulated by the clan, in order to hinder the identification of their origin and remove it from any patrimonial prevention measures.
The military then proceeded with the preventive seizure of assets for a total value of one million euros, including the record company "Q Factor Records sas", in the name of one of the boss's sons and used by well-known neo-melodic singers.
The investigation also revealed how the organization guaranteed "salaries" to affiliates through the management of the so-called "common fund" fueled by proceeds from extortion, "debt collection", drug trafficking and clandestine gambling houses.
(Unioneonline / lf)
