• G8: Salaria Sport Village confiscated in Anemone

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22 July 2020 The Guardia di Finanza of Rome has confiscated the "Salaria Sport Village", the largest sports center in the capital. According to the Yellow Flames, the center was purchased by the businessman Diego Anemone with financial resources "the result of crimes of tax evasion, money laundering and embezzlement". 

The definitive confiscation of the center is the conclusion of the judicial affair during which the Capitoline Court - Prevention Measures Section ordered, at the request of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Rome, the seizure - carried out in May 2014 - and the first degree confiscation, then confirmed by the local Court of Appeal and now become definitive following decisions of the Court of Cassation

Together with Angelo Balducci, former Lazio Public Works administrator and then president of the Superior Council of Public Works, Anemone was at the center of the investigations conducted on the so-called 'clique' of contracts: a real 'gelatinous system' - as was defined by some subjects during the interceptions - which for over a decade, since 1999, through systematic conduct and corrupt tax treaties aimed at disguising the provision of 'bribes', has allowed the assignment of important public works, including those relating to the 'Great Events' (2009 Swimming World Championships, Celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, G8 summit on the island of La Maddalena), to a small number of favorite businesses, primarily those of the Roman entrepreneur .

At the same time, Anemone was the corruptor of Balducci, who proceeded to award him the contracts, and his "business partner", through the joint establishment of companies used to reuse the huge illegal proceeds. Through one of these companies, the Societa 'Sportiva Romana Srl, the acquisition of the' Salaria Sport Village 'was completed, subsequently enlarged and renewed.

The economic and financial analyzes conducted by the Fiamme Gialle of the economic and financial police unit have made it possible to ascertain how the financial flows used for the operation derive, through various passages, from companies in the Anemone group awarded the contracts awarded by direct structures and / or influenced by Balducci.

As a result of the confiscation order, the State has definitively acquired the entire share capital of the Societa 'Sportiva Romana Srl and the related company compendium, consisting of the sports center, consisting of a clubhouse, a bar-restaurant, a wellness center, a gym, offices, guest rooms, changing rooms, sports facilities (including two Olympic swimming pools), football and soccer fields, tennis courts, land, green areas and parking lots, for a total value of over 145 million euros.

As part of the judicial proceeding, among other things, the lack of good faith of a banking institution was ascertained, which disbursed two mortgages for a total amount of € 10,700,000, thus ordering the cancellation of the registered mortgages in favor of the same credit institution. Today's activity, concludes the note, testifies to the constant commitment of the public prosecutor's office, the court and the Guardia di Finanza in Rome to attack illicitly accumulated assets