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Drugs sold on social media and paid for in cryptocurrency, three arrested

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Eur and Noam, arrest warrants issued by Carabinieri for drug dealing ROME – Following a comprehensive investigative effort led by magistrates from the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office's "Widespread and Serious Crime" department, Carabinieri officers from the Rome-EUR Company's Operational Unit, along with those from the Cryptocurrency Section of the Carabinieri Anti-Counterfeiting Command, have executed an order issued by the Rome Court's preliminary investigations judge ordering the detention of three men residing in the capital. One of them was previously detained in Civitavecchia prison for similar crimes. All are suspected of conspiracy to sell and possess narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, and only one of them is suspected of money laundering and self-laundering. This complex investigation began in 2023 and stems from the analysis of several so-called "cookie" platforms. of exchanges, registered to one of the suspects, on which cryptocurre...

Criminals involved in migrant trafficking with the immigration decrees

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The Carabinieri for the Protection of Labor are engaged in an operation against migrant trafficking. CHIETI - Carabinieri from the Chieti Labor Inspectorate (Nil), acting on behalf of the L'Aquila District Anti-Mafia Directorate, have executed a precautionary measure against a Bangladeshi citizen, the leader of a criminal organization dedicated to "migrant trafficking" through the fraudulent use of the so-called "flow decrees." At dawn on Monday, November 3, 2025, the Carabinieri, with operational support from the provincial commands of Pescara, L'Aquila, and Teramo, on behalf of the L'Aquila Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA), executed a precautionary detention order issued by the Judge for Preliminary Investigations at the L'Aquila court against a forty-five-year-old Bangladeshi man. At the same time, they served a notice of conclusion of the preliminary investigation against 19 individuals, all seriously suspected of criminal conspiracy to commit an uns...

Assets worth €106 million seized, four dangerous entrepreneurs

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Financial Police, Provincial Command of Rome ROME – On Friday, October 31, 2025, the financial police of the Rome provincial command executed the order issued, at the request of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, by the local Criminal Court's Preventive Measures Section. This order ordered the seizure, due to disproportionate seizure, of assets valued at over €106 million, attributable to four Roman entrepreneurs deemed socially dangerous. Following previous investigations conducted by Rome's Economic and Financial Police unit, the individuals were found to be seriously suspected of belonging to a criminal organization, aggravated by having facilitated mafia-type organizations, committed to the commission of multiple tax crimes, as well as consequent money laundering, self-laundering, and reinvestment of criminally obtained funds in economic activities. For these acts, they were subjected to personal precautionary measures in April 2021, as part of the investigation invol...

Woman attacked at gas station, man had knife

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Knife seized by the Carabinieri of Naples SOMMA VESUVIANA - Hands banging on the door, windows closed, heart racing. A 46-year-old woman experienced moments of terror on Via Circumvallazione in Somma Vesuviana (Naples) when her ex-partner—a 49-year-old man already reported for abuse—surprised her while she was filling up at the gas station. It was a sudden, violent scene, played out in just a few minutes but leaving its mark. The man, driving a white Jeep, slammed on the brakes as soon as he saw her. He got out and lunged at the woman's car, a small black hatchback. First he attempted to open the passenger door, then, failing, he began pounding on the driver's door, screaming that he just wanted to talk to her. The screams, the punches, the rage: it all came together in a moment when fear took over. The owner of the petrol station was the one to stop the violence between the various people present Moments of terror that lasted three minutes but seemed endless. "He was scre...

A minor responsible for serial thefts and damages has been arrested.

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The Catanzaro Carabinieri are on the trail of the minor. LAMEZIA TERME - Thefts, damage, and fires of parked cars in the city center. A minor has been arrested and is believed to be responsible for serial thefts and damage. Footage from private citizens' security cameras is crucial. Twenty-seven crimes were committed in a single night. On Thursday, October 30, 2025, in Lamezia Terme, the Carabinieri arrested a 17-year-old local man believed to be the perpetrator of the fire that destroyed six parked cars and a moped on Viale 1 Maggio on the night of July 6, 2025. The young man is also believed to be responsible for the theft, committed that same night, of a car parked nearby on Via XX Settembre. Having driven without a license to flee, the young man damaged numerous parked cars, destroying everything in his path: street furniture, benches, flowerbeds, and shrubs. The minor was also charged with participating, on the night between February 28 and March 1, 2025, together with another...

Five arrested for referee-directed sports fraud

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Carabinieri and finance police involved in Operation Penalty REGGIO CALABRIA – Since the early hours of Wednesday, October 29, 2025, the Carabinieri of the Reggio Calabria provincial command and the financial police of the Guardia di Finanza's Special Currency Police Unit have executed a precautionary house arrest order issued by the Reggio Calabria court against five individuals under investigation for the crime of criminal conspiracy to commit sports fraud. The investigation, coordinated by the Reggio Calabria Public Prosecutor's Office, headed by Prosecutor Giuseppe Borrelli, began in January 2024 by the Carabinieri of the Reggio Calabria Investigative Unit and continued with the participation of the financial police of the Special Currency Police Unit, who were already investigating with another Public Prosecutor's Office, stemmed from a report from the Customs and Monopolies Agency regarding an anomalous flow of bets on a Primavera football match. Sums of money that co...

Public incentives for photovoltaic systems: a €5 million fraud

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Financial Police, Varese Provincial Command VARESE – Finance police from the Varese provincial command, as part of an operation aimed at combating the improper disbursement of public funds, have identified three companies controlled by Spanish entrepreneurs who improperly requested and obtained over €5 million in incentives for solar energy production from renewable sources. The investigation, conducted by the Gallarate-based company, began by analyzing electricity companies within the department's jurisdiction. This analysis revealed the presence of numerous companies with limited share capital but owners of significant photovoltaic plants, located primarily in central and southern Italy. These companies are managed by foreigners domiciled but not actually resident in Italy. Based on these initial findings, the positions of the companies under investigation were further investigated, including through an examination of their bank accounts. The sums paid out were immediately transf...