120 mn seized from fibre optics 'king' in mafia case

(ANSA) - Rome, March 7 - Finance police on Wednesday seized assets worth over 120 million euros from Calogero Romano, an Agrigento businessman who owns several firms in the telecommunications and fibre-optic sectors, as well as construction businesses and a motor-racing track, sources said. The operation was in relation to a Mafia case, the sources said. Romano allegedly built his business empire with the help of Cosa Nostra bosses.
    In 2016 he was convicted of external involvement in mafia association and handed a jail term of six years, six months.