DIA anti-Mafia investigators have
carried out an operation to seize assets worth 100 million euros
owned by Antonino and Carmelo Paratore, respectively father and
son, according to a statement issued by DIA on Wednesday.
"The pair lead one of the most important entrepreneurial groups
of eastern Sicily, which operates in various sectors, mainly in
waste management and disposal", the statement said.
"Over the years, the father and son were able to create a true
network of companies, diversifying the family's activities with
businesses active in hospital cleaning services, in real estate,
and in the management of a very well-known beach club on the
coast of Catania", said the note.
DIA said the probe that led to the operation kicked off in 2020
and was coordinated by anti-Mafia investigators in Catania who
analysed the financial activities of the pair, who had already
been investigated by prosecutors in the Sicilian city and
arrested in an operation called 'Pyramids'.
Investigators believe the father and son had cooperated for
decades with Mafia boss Maurizio Zuccaro, who is serving a life
term at the Opera prison in Milan, an historic member of the
Santapaola-Ercolano clan convicted for the 1996 murder of Luigi
Ilardo.
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