Italian police on Tuesday arrested 10 people on suspicion of illegally marketing beverages across Italy and allegedly evading some 30 million euros in VAT.
The 10 arrests, plus 17 bans on exercising business activities and the seizure of 30 million assets from 17 companies and 25 suspects were the result of the 'Ultimo brindisi' (Last Toast) operation by the Catania Finance Police, coordinated by the Palermo Public Prosecutor's Office, against an organization that allegedly illegally marketed beverages in Italy, evading VAT.
The arrests were carried out by the Guardia di Finanza tax police in the provinces of Venice, Vicenza, Messina, Siracusa, Salerno, Rome, Padua, Rieti, L'Aquila and Milan.
Among the suspects is the son of a boss in the Catania-based Santapaola clan of Cosa Nostra, led by jailed superbossBenedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola.
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