Rome: Assets and corporate assets seized for a total value of approximately 3 million euros

As part ofactivities to combat the accumulation of illicit assets, having the dual purpose of radically dismantling criminal organizations by stealing their wealth and freeing the legal economy from criminal infiltration – allowing honest entrepreneurs to operate under a regime of fair competition – the Anti-Crime Division of the Rome Police Headquarters has carried out, in the municipalities of Pomezia and Ardea, a seizure order aimed at confiscation issued, pursuant to the anti-mafia legislation, by the Court of Rome – Section of Preventive Measures -, on a proposal jointly formulated by the Public Prosecutor of Rome and the Police Chief of Rome.

The ablative measure concerns assets and corporate structures, for a total value of approximately 3 million euros, among which real estate, companies operating in the sports betting sector, high-end vehicles and high-value watches, attributable to a forty-year-old Roman, part of an association, active since 2012, in the retail and wholesale sale of narcotic substances such as cocaine, hashish and marijuana in the territory of Rome (Torrino-Mezzocammino) up to the municipalities of Pomezia-Torvaianica, Ardea, Anzio-Nettuno and Aprilia (LT). The association has already been dismantled with the execution of precautionary measures issued within the scope of the operation called “ALL IN”, conducted by the State Police with the coordination of the District Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate of Rome.

In fact, on November 14, 2023, they were Personal precautionary measures were carried out against 30 individuals, investigated on various counts for the crime of association for the purpose of drug trafficking, attempted murder, illegal possession of a firearm, fraudulent transfer of assets and self-laundering. The main suspects in these incidents, including the recipient of today's asset seizure order, are still in detention.

Based on the in-depth investigations also of an economic and patrimonial nature carried out by the specialists of the Anti-Crime Division, which covered a time span of over twenty years, It has emerged that in recent times the subject, through a nominee, has operated in blockchain technology and in particular in the acquisition of NFTs. Furthermore, in the face of a marked disproportion between the overall "declared" income situation and the assets directly or indirectly attributable to it, he made important investments – through fictitious registrations – in companies operating in Pomezia in the collection of bets, in the acquisition of real estate, in vehicles – especially special series motorcycles – and watches of significant value, such as Rolex and Audemars Piquet, financing them with the proceeds deriving from the aforementioned illicit trafficking and leading a high standard of living, absolutely incompatible with the meager, if not non-existent, declared income.

Accepting the proposal jointly formulated by the Public Prosecutor and the Police Chief of Rome, the Court of Rome – Prevention Measures Section – considered the subjective and objective conditions to be present, noting that the proposed person had generic and qualified dangerousness profiles and therefore ordered, the seizure of all the shares and the entire company assets of 2 corporate groups, operating in Pomezia in the betting sector, of 4 properties located in Pomezia and Ardea; of 8 vehicles, including high-end ones, including special series motorcycles –, of high-quality watches as well as safety deposit boxes and financial resources.