Two Pantheon-area restaurants seized by anti-mafia agents

(ANSA) - Rome, March 12 - Italian anti-mafia investigators seized control of two famous restaurants in the area of the Pantheon in Rome on Thursday as part of an operation in which around 10 million euros in assets were confiscated. The restaurants, 'Er Faciolaro' and 'La Rotonda', are popular with tourists. Both were controlled by a 47-year-old businessman from the southern region of Calabria, Salvatore Lania, who was arrested in the operation, a statement by the Anti-mafia Directorate (DIA) said. He is suspected of fake registration of asset ownership. A number of Lania's relatives and employees are also under investigation in the probe.