Tax fraud and money laundering of €93 million in Rome: police officer from escort unit arrested
The Financial Police and mobile squad have arrested 123 suspects, including an officer on duty. At the centre of the investigation is a network with branches in Asia and links to Colombian cartels.
Major investigation by anti-mafia prosecutors: police escort officer involved in €93 million money laundering
A police officer serving with the Escort Unit in Rome is among 123 suspects in an investigation by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the capital into a major tax fraud with money laundering totalling over €93 million. This is reported by roma.corriere.it.
The public official, identified by the initials P.C., is accused of fraudulently transferring assets for money-laundering purposes. The arrest was carried out jointly by Financial Police officers and investigators from the mobile squad.
According to findings from the investigation, the organisation operated on two distinct levels: a tax fraud system and a money-laundering circuit with international branches, particularly towards China and other Asian countries.
At the centre of the investigation – conducted through the financial crimes unit, the economic-financial police unit, the 3rd metropolitan unit and officers from Viterbo – is Christian Vocaturo, who was already arrested in 2024. Vocaturo is believed to be the alleged accountant for the clans of Tor Bella Monaca and the connection between Roman organised crime and Colombian drug cartels.
Vocaturo is accused of economic and financial operations linked to Black Padel Srl, a sports company which according to investigators was used to reinvest illicit capital. Together with Mirko and Samuel Calì and Alfredo Ranzani, he allegedly managed fictitious ownership of company shares, simulated rental contracts and transfers of hundreds of thousands of euros to complicit enterprises.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)