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March 12, 2020 Goods for over 34 million euros have been confiscated by the Guardia di Finanza to Angelo Restuccia, 83, an entrepreneur. The measure was carried out by soldiers of the provincial command of the Yellow Flames, together with the Central Investigation Service on organized crime and the special currency police unit, under the coordination of the public prosecutor's office of Reggio Calabria.

Restuccia, building contractor of Vibo Valentia, is believed to be close to the gangs of 'ndrangheta of the Mancuso of Limbadi (VV) and of the Piromalli of Gioia Tauro (RC) and has also been subjected to the measure of special surveillance with residence obligation.

The measure was taken after investigations by the Guardia di Finanza who discovered the links between the businessman and the 'ndrangheta. Ties that have allowed the entrepreneur to increase his business. Two are the reference gangs that of Piromalli and Mancuso, hegemons in their respective territories and confederate among themselves, through agreements and economic interests, as would emerge from the "Tirreno" and "Mediterraneo" processes.

The relationship with the gangs of reference, dating back to the early eighties, would have supported the rise of the entrepreneur and favored the interests of the mafia associations, strengthening their operational and control capacities of the territory.

The figure of Restuccia had already emerged as part of the "Bucefalo" police operation, closed with the execution, in 2015, of precautionary, personal and property measures, against 11 people for the crime, among others, of mafia-type association.

In that context, it had emerged that the assignment of the works for the construction of the "Annunziata Commercial Park" of Gioia Tauro in the province of Reggio Calabria, was the exclusive prerogative of the Piromalli gang, so as to break the ties between the family and the Molè gang, historically linked by economic and blood ties.

For the construction of the "Parco Commerciale Annunziata alla Restuccia Costruzioni spa" substantial construction works had been assigned for the construction of various structures and buildings.
In 2017, the Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Reggio Calabria, at the request of the local DDA, ordered the precautionary measure of the seizure on the huge assets accumulated illegally by the entrepreneur.

In this regard, the investigations on the economic and patrimonial lines made by the departments of the Guardia di Finanza would have allowed to outline the profile of Restuccia and reconstructed the complex of assets available to the entrepreneur and his family. Beni, which in 30 years, showed the disproportion existing between income and property.

After these investigations, at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, the prevention measures section of the Court of Reggio Calabria ordered the confiscation of the assets attributable to the Vibonese entrepreneur, consisting of the entire corporate assets of various companies, company shares, real estate and financial relationships. .