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A Maltese company has allegedly had connections with the Sicilian Santapaola-Ercolano mafia group. The company has reportedly allowed the evasion of €30 million in taxation by Italian finance authorities. Authorities from Catania, along with the organised crime unit Scico, seized €80 million in assets from an online sports betting organisation whose branches spread into Malta, along with other European cities.
The Italian finance police (known as Guardia di Finanza) stated how the mafia clan created an unauthorised website, which had ownership by a Maltese company, and allowed it to hide its links with Italy and authorities. A total of €32 million invest were charged to the Maltese company, allowing for ‘massive tax evasion in Italy.’
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