The former director of the Sardinian Coastal Conservation Agency, Giovanni Piero Sanna , was arrested by the Cagliari Guardia di Finanza, together with two other people, on charges of having embezzled approximately 2 million euros, from 2020 to 2024, intended for the enhancement and conservation of the island's coastal heritage .

The three are under house arrest, but five people are under investigation, charged with various counts of criminal conspiracy, embezzlement, impersonation, forgery, and self-laundering . Three million euros have also been seized as a precautionary measure.

The investigation by the prosecutor's office was triggered by a complaint filed by the current director of the Agency, Maria Elena Dessì , appointed by the current Todde administration and who replaced Sanna, appointed by the Solinas administration and, since August 2024, director of the Non-General Management Office RU I - Organizational Well-being of Personnel - General Affairs of the General Directorate of Human Resources (RU) of the Department of Food Sovereignty and Horse Racing of the Ministry of Agriculture (three-year term).

According to the Green Berets, who executed an order for precautionary measures in the provinces of Cagliari, Rome, and Florence issued by the Cagliari Court's investigating judge, at the request of the Cagliari prosecutor's office, the three arrested men, with the help of the other two suspects and the assistance of relatives and acquaintances, through 13 fictitious non-profit cultural associations represented by various front men—"totally unaware persons," the Guardia di Finanza (Gdf) said in a statement—as well as a joint-stock company ("attributable to the same director"), allegedly siphoned off public funds for private travel and trips, the rental of a villa on the island of Capri, the purchase of movable property, clothing, and other personal items, as well as four properties, including two villas with gardens in the province of Cagliari.

The outflow of public funds was justified in the form of contributions to associations for the implementation of projects and conferences, which in reality never materialized, for the promotion of Sardinia's culture, history, and territory.

(Unioneonline)

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