A criminal gang laundered some 2.6
billion euros in the Naples area as well as in Como in northern
Italy, Estonian capital Vilnius and Latvian capital Riga,
through around 6,000 'clients', Naples Chief Prosecutor Nicola
Gratteri told a press conference Tuesday.
Tax police arrested eight people in the probe.
The Guardia di Finanza seized assest worth some 25 million euros
including 15 pieces of real estate in Vilnius including two
luxury apartments in the historic centre, two hotels and a
bar-restaurant, four properties in Riga, including two luxury
flats, a villa at Ercolano near Naples with a swimming pool and
a soccer pitch, a property at Portici near Naples, a property at
Como and a yacht, Gratteri said.
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