Cosa Nostra is attacked in Brazil, 50 million euros of assets are seized, the Sicilian businessman is arrested

2024-08-14 17:24:57Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Cosa Nostra is hit in Brazil

Italian police on Tuesday carried out a large-scale operation in northern Brazil, focused on the activity of a member of the Sicilian mafia Cosa Nostra, which led to the seizure of 50 million euros.

Thanks to this operation, a Sicilian businessman, a resident of the Brazilian city of Natal, was arrested, suspected of being involved in money laundering.

Giuseppe Bruno faces charges of extortion, money laundering and cooperation with a mafia organization, according to a statement by the Italian economic police made public in Palermo.

Authorities confiscated 50 million euros in resources and other assets belonging to 17 individuals. These persons are also accused of collaboration with a mafia organization, extortion and money laundering through companies.

Twelve companies in the real estate, construction and hospitality sectors had their assets seized in Brazil, while there were raids in various parts of Italy and Switzerland.

The Sicilian businessman is suspected of being an associate of notorious Sicilian mobster Giuseppe Calvaruso, who was arrested in 2021 after getting off the plane returning from Brazil to the Sicilian city and was subsequently sentenced in December 2022 to 16 years in prison.


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