- VAT evasion scheme uncovered by financial police in Bologna, Naples, and Rome
- Fuel sold below cost leading to seizure of assets worth €300 million
- 59 individuals and 13 companies involved in the scheme
- Fuel mainly imported from Slovenia and Croatia
- 41 shell companies in Campania and Lombardy used for fraud
- VAT evasion of about €260 million
- Gang of evaders consisted of 10 people with family ties
- Proceeds of about €35 million laundered through Hungarian and Romanian companies
- Operation conducted by various economic and financial police units in collaboration with Central Service for Organized Crime Investigation and II group Naples
Source: ilmattino.it
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