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March 11, 2020 Six million assets seized by the Dia to an entrepreneur from Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani Nicolò Clemente, believed to be close to the fugitive boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

The measure against Clemente, for which special surveillance with an obligation to stay was also proposed, was issued by the Prevention measures section of the Trapani court, on the proposal of the Director of the Dia.

The investigations carried out by the Dia di Trapani and coordinated by the DDA of Palermo are part of the investigations on the network of "mafia companies" such as those seized today, Clemente Costruzioni and Calcestruzzi srl.

The entrepreneur had already been arrested on charges of mafia association; the trial is still ongoing before the Court of Marsala.

Lawyers Lorenzo Cimarosa and Giuseppe Grigoli make his name, who indicated the entrepreneur as one of the most active of the mafia clan, capable of infiltrating and conditioning the economy of the public and private construction sectors. Even the brother of Nicolò Clemente, Giuseppe, a member of the family's rank and belonging to the most restricted and trusted circle of the fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro, had been arrested for mafia association and for some murders, committed, in competition, with the fugitive boss.

After the life sentence he had committed suicide in prison on the day of Matteo Messina Denaro's birthday so as not to give in to the temptation to collaborate with justice and betray the trust of the godfather.