The Guardia di Finanza has carried out the confiscation of assets totalling 2 million euros, deriving from the laundering of earnings belonging to Felice Maniero, considered the head of the Mala del Brenta criminal organisation, carried out by an accomplice who received a final conviction.
The Currency Police Unit, together with financial officers from Florence and Venice, executed a confiscation order issued by the Venice Court and seized two buildings in the provinces of Florence and Lucca, five automobiles, valuable jewellery and paintings placed under judicial administration, bank accounts and the contents of safe deposit boxes at two banks in Empoli, which contained 90,000 euros in cash and 15 luxury watches.
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