Italian police on Wednesday made
26 arrests in a probe into the business interests of a Cosa
Nostra clan from the Sicilian city of Catania.
Police seized some 50 million euros in allegedly laundered
investments in businsses in Sicily, Lombardy and Veneto.
The probe hit the investments of the Scalisi-Laudani clan.
Some 17 companies and 48 pieces of property were seized.
The Follow The Money operation employed over 100 finance guard
tax police.
The clan was said to have successfully infiltrated legitimate
businesses in the affluent northern regions of Veneto and
Lombardy.
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