Italian police on Tuesday arrested 10
people on suspicion of illegally marketing beverages across
Italy and allegedly evading some 30 million euros in VAT.
The 10 arrests, plus 17 bans on exercising business activities
and the seizure of 30 million assets from 17 companies and 25
suspects were the result of the 'Ultimo brindisi' (Last Toast)
operation by the Catania Finance Police, coordinated by the
Palermo Public Prosecutor's Office, against an organisation that
allegedly illegally marketed beverages in Italy, evading VAT.
The arrests were carried out by the Guardia di Finanza tax
police in the provinces of Venice, Vicenza, Messina, Siracusa,
Salerno, Rome, Padua, Rieti, L'Aquila and Milan.
Among the suspects is the son of a boss in the Catania-based
Santapaola clan of Cosa Nostra, led by jailed superboss
Benedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola.
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