Eleven people linked to firms that
won contracts for Milan Expo 2015 were arrested on Wednesday on
suspicion of crimes including tax fraud, money laundering and
criminal association for mafia, ANSA sources said.
A lawyer was among the suspects arrested.
The Dominus Scarl consortium of cooperatives, specialised
in setting up stands, is at the centre of the investigation.
Dominus Scarl did work for the Fiera di Milano trade fair
centre, which awarded it subcontracts for several Expo
pavilions, including those of France and Equatorial Guinea.
A Milan court also ordered that Nolostand spa, a company
belonging to the Fiera di Milano group, be put into the hands of
administrator.
The companies involved alleged used a system of false
invoices to create slush funds. The money was then laundered in
Sicily, where suspects allegedly had contacts with the
Pietraperzia Cosa Nostra clan. Finance police are conducting the
preventative seizure of assets worth five million euros, sources
said.
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