Police conduct searches in billion-euro tax probe

(ANSA) - Rome, October 21 - Italian finance police on Tuesday staged searches in dozens of locations throughout Italy to seize assets and documents in relation to a probe into an alleged tax-evasion scam of over one billion euros. Around 60 people are under investigation, with the suspected crimes including criminal association, tax evasion, fraudulent bankruptcy and money laundering. The police seized assets worth over 100 million euros on Tuesday.