Some 70 mn euros in assets seized from Camorra clan

(ANSA) - Naples, December 19 - Anti-mafia investigators seized 70 million euros in assets linked to the Contini clan of the Neapolitano mafia, the Camorra, on Friday The assets were confiscated from couple allegedly involved a money-laundering and investment scam.
    Roberto Moccardi and Anna D'Orta were among 90 people arrested in January for their allegedly role in a large business network run by the Contini clan.
    Moccardi and D'Orta reportedly set up several businesses financed by the clan that played integral role in the socio-economic fabric of Naples.
    The Rome division of the Anti-Mafia Directorate DIA sealed off bank accounts, corporate shares, cars, properties and catering businesses.
    The couple are among of 168 defendants in the trial of clan leader Edoardo Cammorista, scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Naples on December 30.