Italian police on Tuesday arrested
11 people in connection with a probe into various non-profit
companies handling the reception of migrants which were
allegedly linked to members of the Calabrian-based 'Ndrangheta
mafia.
In the 'Fake Non-Profit' probe, police said the companies
made millions of euros in illicit profits.
The 11 are accused of racketeering, defrauding the State and
self money laundering, judicial sources said.
Police said the illicit profits amounted to some seven
million euros, of which the heads of the non-profits allegedly
pocketed some 4.5 million euros.
There were four non-profits involved in the profit-making
scheme, police said.
They allegedly used fake documents to take part in public
tenders to manage the reception of hundreds of migrants, police
said.
The non-profits were also allegedly used by "well-known
members fo 'Ndrangheta with long criminals records" to get
prisoners jobs in cooperatives and use fake documents to enable
inmates to obtain alternatives to custodial terms, police said.
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