Illegal trafficking of waste, arrests and seizures: also precautionary measures for football clubs
FEBRUARY 15, 2023, 09:12 REGGIO CALABRIA CHRONICLE

The investigation by the Milanese prosecutor's office which this morning triggered handcuffs on about twenty people , 18 to be precise .

The operation , code-named Black Steel , concerns an alleged trafficking of illicit waste in various European countries, with a round of false invoicing and recycling activities .

In fact, the suspects are contested and in various capacities for the crimes of criminal association for the illicit trafficking of waste, recycling, self-laundering and more.

At the same time, a seizure of an estimated value of 90 million euros was ordered by the investigating judge of the Lombard capital : according to the investigators, it would be money that for the investigators they would have usually reinvested in the same traffic and also in other lawful activities, including the purchase of shares in a football club.

The blitz is part of an Action Day coordinated by Eurojust for international profiles, with the support of Europool , and was carried out jointly by the Carabinieri Group for Environmental Protection and Ecological Transition of Milan and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Munich , Germany.

The investigations are conducted by the public prosecutors of Milan, Monaco and Reggio Calabria : a joint investigative team has in fact been created to ascertain the alleged crimes.