Finance police in Rome and Naples
have arrested four people after uncovering a scam in which
organized crime gangs, in particular Casalesi clans in Campania,
converted reserves of money held in lira into euros.
The Mafia gangs had around 20 billion lira made from illegal
activities held in Italy's former currency, sources said.
The scam, which allegedly the complicity of intermediaries,
could have raised around 3.3 million euros for the gangsters.
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