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Italy seizes €1.6bn in assets from siblings suspected of mafia links

Wed 8 Jul 2015 17.39 CEST

Italian authorities have seized €1.6bn in assets from a set of siblings in Sicily with suspected links to the Cosa Nostra mafia – one of the largest of such seizures to date.

The three brothers and two sisters, ranging in age from 66 to 78, allegedly made their riches by winning public sector construction projects with the help of the Cosa Nostra. Among the seized items were trusts, property and furniture.

Officials said they were targeting “known entrepreneurs” in the Palermo area who belonged to the Marineo mafia family, which has ties to the Corleone clan.