An Italian man was arrested,
a Moroccan woman accomplice fled Italy and 34 other people are
under investigation for involvement in at least 19 "simulated
marriages" to allow migrants to enter Italy, police said Friday.
The arrested man was identified as Giovanni Spiniello, aged
48, from Nocera Inferiore in Salerno province. The 34 others
were Italians and foreigners resident in nearby Cava de'
Tirreni.
Illegal immigrants were willing to pay up to 10,000 euros to
the organisation which provided the documents necessary for the
wedding and Italian partners of both sexes in financial
difficulties willing to marry foreigners in return for a few
thousand euros.
The organisers went so far as to organise wedding banquets
to throw investigators off the scent, police sources said.
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