Ancona, massive seizure of over €7 million: villas, businesses, vehicles, and bank accounts sealed after the "Kilometri Zero" operation.

I Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Ancona they performed an important confiscation order issued by Ancona Court – Preventive Measures Section, following the major operation called “Zero Kilometers”, completed in 2024.

The measure, which arose from an investigation launched in 2018 from the Carabinieri of the Brecce Bianche Station, provides the confiscation of real estate, movable property, bank accounts and company shares for a total value of over 7,8 million euro, attributable to nine Romanian citizens, resident between Ancona, Vicenza and the province of Teramo, Besides four front men identified as fictitious owners of real estate and economic activities.

The confiscated assets

The confiscation concerned:

• a early 900th century villa the value of 1,5 million euro,

• a villa with sea view the value of 2 million euro,

• stakes in 7 companies,

• 106 vehicles,

• bank and postal current accounts for a total of 4,3 million euro.

The measure represents the conclusion of the first instance proceedings started in July 2024, after the preventive seizure of the assets ordered at the request of the Procuratorate of the Republic of Ancona.

Investigations: Scams involving over 250 cars with reduced mileage

The investigation, launched in 2018, allowed us to dismantle a complex criminal organization active in the sector used car trade.

The group, through workshops and front companies, altered the odometers of the vehicles put up for sale, making profits for over one million euros.

Investigators have documented more than 250 scams and commercial frauds, with operations conducted between Ancona, Teramo and Vicenza.

In 2022, Court of Ancona had already issued a first conviction for several members of the group, recognizing the associative nature of the criminal organization.

A subsequent procedural line led to further final convictions, while for other defendants the trial is still ongoing trial procedure.

Il College of the Court of Ancona, after an in-depth analysis of the assets, deemed all the prerequisites for the application of the anti-mafia prevention measure.

The subjects involved, however not declaring compatible income with the standard of living and the wealth accumulated, they had built over time an illicit system of wealth and goods formally registered to third parties, with the aim of evade controls and avoid legal provisions.

The operation, carried out by the Carabinieri of Provincial Command of Ancona, represents a decisive blow to criminal economies rooted in the territory, reaffirming the effectiveness of the tools patrimonial assault provided for by the anti-mafia legislation for steal wealth of illicit origin.