These fuckers here were dealing in serious amounts of money, we're talking about truck loads.

I think a lot has to do with the Italian prosecutors, don't forget they a dealing with these guys for decades, Falcone for example could really relate to them and had developed a strong bond for example with Buscetta.

I think it's give and take, the underworld over there somehow continues to function and many "former" rats turn up as players again.

That's not uncommon for European criminal organizations. Those groups make tons and tons of money.

The big downside is that, especially these days, Western Europe is fighting its own "war on drugs" and most groups only have a few solid years at the top before they're getting crushed. Usually it takes about a year and a half for a major criminal organization to get on law enforcement's radar. This is why the non-Italian European organized crime landscape has become such a big revolving door with dozens of (relatively) smaller groups scattered around any major city that are either at each other's throats or on the run from law enforcement. They deal in gigantic amounts of cash, but there's little if any stability.

Raffaelle Imperiale is said to speak four languages: Italian, English, Spanish and Dutch.
Imperiale's organization in the Netherlands clearly shows how criminal undermining, the mixing of underworld and upperworld, works in practice, says investigative journalist Koen Voskuil of RTL News. “These Italians abuse the legal economy in the Netherlands.”

“For example, Dutch companies are located in the warehouses in which they replace a deck cargo with cocaine. It must be striking that Italians are messing around with packets of white powder and shopping bags full of banknotes.”

“Transport companies in the Netherlands are also very concerned. For example, the Italian criminal file mentions 80 kilos of cocaine that can be collected from a transport company near Schiphol. The Italian mafia makes grateful use of the Netherlands as a transport country and the open borders in Europe.”

The statements of the arrested Mafia boss Imperiale will reach far beyond Italy
The arrested mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale played a key role in an alternative banking system for criminals. That is why his statements are of great concern to criminals at home and abroad.

Jan Meeus
January 28, 2023
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In August 2021, the Italian Raffaele Imperiale was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of drug trafficking. After his arrest, he made a deal with the Italian judiciary: he will cooperate in the investigation into drug trafficking in exchange for a reduced sentence.
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It is the question that currently concerns criminals in the Netherlands and far beyond: is my name mentioned in the statements of the Italian mafia boss Raffaele Imperiale? At the end of last year it was announced that mafia boss Imperiale had signed a crown witness deal with the Italian government after his arrest in Dubai.

A joint publication this weekend by Follow the Money and RTL Nieuws makes it clear why. Italian files show that Imperiale was much more than an international drug trafficker. He has also played a crucial role in channeling and investing many tens of millions of euros made from drug smuggling.

That is why more and more criminals from home and abroad are calling their lawyer these days about Imperiale's statement, which is said to be at least six hundred pages: do you know who all are mentioned?

Son of Taghi
According to Follow the Money and RTL News , the Italian files mention financial transactions between Imperiale, Ridouan Taghi and one of his sons. According to those documents, Taghi would be owed 17 million by Imperiale. In decrypted message traffic between Imperiale and Taghi's son, it is discussed that in February 2021, 2.5 million euros would have been transported by truck from Italy to the Netherlands in three tranches. This is in line with the conclusion in a recent judgment of the Amsterdam court, which states that Imperiale, Taghi and his son are members of a criminal organization that focuses on drug smuggling and money laundering, among other things.

Findings from recent police investigations show that these types of transactions take place almost daily, nationally and internationally. That investigation is being carried out by the ACM task force, which stands for Approach to Criminal Power Structures. This task force, set up after the murder of Peter R. de Vries in 2021, has investigated criminal money flows in the millions of decrypted messages seized between 2016 and 2021 from various crypto communication services such as Ennetcom, Encrochat and SKY Ecc.

Pay without money
The results of that investigation confirm what criminals have been saying for a long time: the regular banking system is not or hardly used when settling major drug deals. In fact, there is a parallel payment system that is used exclusively by criminals. To break the power of criminal networks, the police want to disrupt this criminal payment system. In addition, according to the Dutch investigative services, this new insight can lead to a fundamental reassessment of the approach of the policy to tackle money laundering of criminal money.

The basic principle of criminal banking is that drug suppliers, smuggling organizations and their buyers act in confidence and thereby complete their transactions as much as possible without cash being passed over the table. For example, a batch of cocaine can be paid for with a batch of ecstasy or the raw materials needed for the production of drugs. An outstanding debt in South America can also be paid with a shipment of clothing that is worth much more than the export papers. That is a simple example of transactions that are usually much more complex and run through different companies or different continents.

moneyman
That payment system has its limits and at certain times you have to pay with real money. A criminal network of brokers and bankers is then used to bring together the supply and demand of cash for a fee, often a percentage of the transaction sum. The transaction between Imperiale and Taghi from the Italian documents is a striking example of this. Apparently, Imperiale owes Taghi 17 million euros. And because Taghi needs money – for what is not clear – part of that debt is settled in cash. According to the police, these types of transactions take place at all levels of the drug economy: local, national and international.

These days, more and more criminals are calling their lawyer about Imperiale's statement: do you know who all are mentioned?

Various sources confirm that Imperiale plays a central role in this criminal money circuit. He not only trades in cocaine, but is also a money man , according to the Italian documents. There, Imperiale is portrayed as “the protagonist of a money laundering network with branches to Italy, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Croatia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Hong Kong and Singapore”.

Imperiale therefore knows how money flows, where that money has ended up and by whom it is managed. And that is why his testimony causes a lot of unrest - among the men who are handling blocks of cocaine, but also among retired criminals who have laundered their earned money and invested it in legal activities or companies.

That fear is not unjustified, given a detail in the Italian crown witnesses scheme. The law states that Imperiale, as a pentito (regrettant), must tell everything about the wealth obtained through criminal activities in the past and present. So he must declare about every company, investment or property, even if he has invested in it together with others.

Backseat conversations
Sources in Amsterdam compare Imperiale's testimony with the confidential conversations the late Willem Endstra had with the police in 2003 in the back seat of his armored BMW. Underworld banker Endstra feared for his life because he was pressured by various criminal investors to return invested criminal assets. His violent death in 2004 was one in a long line of assassinations all connected to this conflict over criminal money.

Raffaele Imperiale lived a rich life in Dubai
A similar conflict is feared now that Raffaele Imperiale is talking to the police. But then on an international scale. Where Endstra lived in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid and often worked for Dutch criminals, Imperiale lived in Dubai and worked not only with criminals from the Netherlands, but also with Bosnians, Italians, Irish and Spaniards. As a result, the significance of his statements extends far beyond Italy. And that also applies to the violent or non-violent consequences.

Seems like it's always an Italian spilling the beans lol.

Italian Police Seize Weapons Haul From Van Gogh-Loving Mobster

By Reuters
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March 2, 2023, at 7:29 a.m.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Thursday they had seized a large stash of weapons from the home of Raffaele Imperiale, a detained mafia boss who previously made headlines for possessing a couple of stolen Vincent Van Gogh paintings.

According to a statement by the Naples prosecutor's office, police found more than 80 weapons hidden under the garage floor of Imperiale's house, including three Kalashnikov rifles, a grenade, and 5,067 rounds of ammunition of various calibres.

In 2016 police recovered two Van Gogh paintings, stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002, from one of Imperiale's properties near to Naples. Each was worth an estimated 50 million euros ($58 million).

Imperiale is alleged to be a key figure in international drug trafficking and money laundering and to have a close relationship with the Camorra mafia centred around Naples.

He was arrested in Dubai in 2021 and extradited to Italy the following year.

Very interesting, a year ago they arrested a Dutch soldier. The arrested commando, who is linked to Ridouan Taghi's network, traded more than 1,000 weapons or parts thereof, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM). He is also said to have smuggled 260 kilos of cocaine and shared secret information about the Commando Corps and his colleagues.
According to the Public Prosecution Service in the Netherlands, the sergeant major from Rotterdam would have traded about 250 assault rifles, 250 pistols and 570 machine guns or parts thereof. The soldier knows Gregory F., considered a criminal contact of Taghi. This F. was arrested in a hotel in Curaçao last September at the request of the Netherlands.
Surinamese Dutchman Gregory 'Greg' Ivan Wendell F. is seen as 'heir to the throne' of Taghi. Greg F. has often been spotted in Suriname and is involved in arms trade,and this F. would, maintain contacts at the highest level in Suriname.

The trial began in Naples on Friday.

Dubbed the narco trial of the century in Italy, the court will hear over the next few weeks how drugs boss Raffaele Imperiale controlled a massive money- laundering and cocaine business from the Emirates.

It will detail how he played a key role in forming Europe’s super-cartel along with the Kinahan Cartel, Dutch-Moroccan criminals and a Balkan-based mob called, the Dino and Tito Cartel.

Imperiale is accused of having imported at least seven tons of cocaine into Europe from 2017 to 2021 from his base in Dubai.

Raffaele Imperiale
Raffaele Imperiale

As well as the drug shipments, Italian law officials also allege Imperiale played a leading role in operating a transnational money-laundering operation.

Judge Maria Luisa Miranda will hear how Imperiale’s group laundered and sent money abroad using the Hawala system.

It is claimed that the laundered cash was used to buy gold between Naples and Vicenza, which was then sent onto Holland.

According to Italian magistrates, Imperiale laundered enormous of “profits generated by drug trafficking, through a corporate network.”

Imperiale is accused of buying shipments of cocaine from the notorious Clan del Golfo which were then hidden inside containers and brought into European seaports.

Colombia’s Clan del Golfo are seen as the biggest single distributors of cocaine in the world.

They are widely reported to have been the suppliers of the €157 million cocaine haul which was seized from the MV Matthew off the coast of Cork.

Italian prosecutors are claiming Imperiale forged alliances with key European drug gangs, including the Kinahan Cartel and the Netherlands’ Moroccan mafia, to work together.

They have claimed Imperiale’s allies include “South American and European drug traffickers of the highest level: both Colombians from the infamous paramilitary formations known as Clan del Golfo, and Dutch of Moroccan origin who in the meantime established themselves on the scene among the main criminal groups in the control of cocaine trafficking from South America in the ports of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Antwerp (Belgium), both Irish”.

Unlike Mafia trials in the past where bosses stuck to the code of ‘Omerta’, Imperiale has already agreed to give evidence in the case.

And he is not alone.

Imperiale’s right-hand man, Bruno Carbone, has also chosen to become a ‘collaborator of justice’ and give evidence.

Carbone had been based in Dubai but fled to Syria after Imperiale was arrested.

Bizarrely, he tried to strike a deal with a Syrian Islamist group – the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militia – for protection but they double-crossed him and took him hostage.

They ultimately decided to hand him over to the Italian authorities.

According to reports, once Carbone arrived in Italy, he bent down to kiss the ground and agreed to give evidence.

Imperiale’s money man, Corrado Genovese, and accountant, Daniele Ursini, will also be brought before the court.

Genovese has given a statement explaining how the entire drug business was able to operate thanks to so-called “exchangemen”.

These exchangemen circulate the money raised through criminal activities and make it available to anyone who needs it across the world.

Most of the exchangemen use the Hawala system, a traditional honour-based transfer system used for generations in the Middle East. Genovese has claimed this ‘parallel finance’ system enabled the super-cartel to bypass law enforcement.

Next week, the trial will hear how Europol hacked into encrypted phone networks and built up a detailed diary one of the most powerful criminal organisations.

The court will hear how Imperiale and his associates provided an enormous amount of material – texts, photos, videos – which ended up in the hands of magistrates.

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/i...ahan-cartels-uae-hideout/a688201795.html

I'm actually going to go out on a limb here and say that Italy is the toughest European country on organized crime. That's how they're able to get such big informants. You don't hear anything about informants of that magnitude in other European countries from other organized crime groups. Either that or Italian gangsters just love to talk, it has to be one of the two.

He faced drug trafficking and mafia charges so they are more likely to talk.

Drug Laws in Italy are no joke.

If the association is armed, the punishment cannot be less than twenty-four years in prison (for the organizers of the association) and not less than twelve years for the other associates.

The association is considered armed when the participants have availability of weapons or explosives, even if hidden or stored.

The penalties provided by the drug laws are decreased by half to two-thirds for whoever successfully provides evidences of the offense or to remove decisive resources for the commission of crimes.

I'm willing to bet that guys like Imperiale and Carbone serve short sentences and walk free, possibly even jumping right back into the game. Remember Vito Roberto Palazzolo of Cosa Nostra? He didn't last too long in custody. Guys like that just have too much money. It's different though for bosses like Salvatore Riina, Bernardo Provenzano, and Matteo Messina Denaro because they were directly responsible for dozens of murders including members of the State. So no amount of money could save them. But these wealthy brokers aren't locked up for too long before they're back in the wind again.

I agree and who knows how much money they still have hidden around the world.

Hollander here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Here's a Turkish gangster who got a slap on the wrist, you never hear about Mafiosi or Italian mobsters getting off so easy:

Necati Arabaci, aka Neco, is a Turkish businessman, outlaw biker, and gangster who was formerly active in Cologne, Germany, and now lives in Turkey. In 2002, he was arrested in Germany for pimping, human trafficking, extortion, weapons violations, and racketeering. He confessed during his trial in 2004 and was sentenced to 9 years. ONLY SERVED 3 YEARS and was released in 2007 and deported to Turkey.

Colombia: cocaine trafficking to Italy reconstructed and the role of Raffaele Imperiale
November 11, 2023
At least three shipments of Colombian cocaine between 2020 and 2022, totaling 3,455 kilos, were made from Colombia to the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, Calabria, in a relationship between local drug traffickers and mobster Bartolo Bruzzaniti . In a reconstruction of these illicit trafficking, the Colombian independent journalism portal Vorágine underlined that the largest load, 2,226 kilos of cocaine, left the port of Turbo (northwest) hidden in banana crates sent to Italy by an export company local called Banacol which the Colombian media have linked with right-wing politicians and with accusations of links to paramilitary groups.
According to what has emerged, the operation involved members of the 'Ndrangheta, which controls 80% of cocaine trafficking in Europe, and the Camorra on the Italian side. In his account, Vorágine claimed that this shipment was intercepted by the Italian authorities, who managed to access the SkyEcc encrypted instant messaging application with which Bruzzaniti allegedly chatted with Raffaele Imperiale , an alleged member of the Italian Camorra.
The portal stated that the Italian mafiosi, having discovered that they had been intercepted, abandoned the drugs, while the Italian authorities sent two letters to the Colombian Prosecutor's Office, between 2020 and 2022, in which they requested information on the executives of the exporting company of bananas, without however receiving a response from Bogota.

Bartolo Bruzzaniti was extradited to Italy in August he was captured in Lebanon.

The Bruzzaniti are a 'ndrina of the 'ndrangheta originating from Africo . They are also active in the Milan area.
Areas of influence Province of Reggio Calabria , Central Italy , Northern Italy , Abroad
Period 1970s – active
Allies Morabito , Palamara , Talia , Vadalà , Mangeruca , Crisafulli

NOVEMBER 27, 2023 1:00 PM
Camorra, drug trafficker Raffaele Imperiale "gives up" an island he owns in front of Dubai to the authorities
The boss, originally from Castellammare di Stabia, arrested in 2021 and now a collaborator of justice, is on trial for having imported seven tons of cocaine into Europe

The drug trafficker Raffaele Imperiale has handed over to the Italian authorities an island he owns which is located in an archipelago opposite Dubai. The news was made known by the deputy prosecutor Maurizio De Marco, in the trial which sees around twenty defendants including the international drug trafficker, now a collaborator of justice . The prosecutor also handed over to the preliminary hearing judge the memoirs containing two manuscripts with which Imperiale notified his decision. The narcos from Castellammare di Stabia are accused of having imported at least seven tons of cocaine into Europe from 2017 to 2021, and of having set up an organization capable of exporting drugs and laundering money using an untraceable method: the 'Hawala.




Camorra, the drug trafficker Raffaele Imperiale "gives up" an island he owns in front of Dubai to the authorities - photo 2
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The trial of Raffaele Imperiale's network In the ongoing trial in Naples, which is being celebrated with the abbreviated trial before the magistrate Maria Luisa Miranda, in addition to the international drug trafficker Raffaele Imperiale, his closest collaborators are also accused. These include: Bruno Carbone, his business partner; Corrado Genovese, the group's accountant; Daniele Ursini, logistics manager, and a series of collaborators and employees.



Imperiale owned two paintings by Van Gogh Two very precious canvases by Van Gogh also belonged to Imperiale, arrested in Dubai in 2021 and now a collaborator of justice. They were found in a villa and these were also handed over to Italian magistrates. During the hearing underway in room 116 of the New Palace of Justice in Naples, an exception was raised by the defense team regarding the usability of the chats decoded by the French authorities and forming part of the accusatory compendium of the DDA of Naples.

The judges' decision After suspending the hearing to consider the request, the judge decided to reject the request for suspension made by the lawyers, who instead deemed it appropriate to wait for the ruling of the United Sections of the Supreme Court of Cassation regarding the usability of those conversations.


Imperiale's Bitcoin treasure ends up in the state coffers After being handed over by the accountant Corrado Genovese to the Italian authorities and seized by the investigating judge of Naples, the "treasure" in Bitcoin worth 1.8 million euros, attributable to the international drug trafficker, was transferred to the state coffers. The financial operation was carried out through an international cryptocurrency exchange platform.


The arrest of Raffaele Imperiale's accountant The accountant and closest collaborator of Raffaele Imperiale had been on the run since 25 November 2022: he was arrested on 13 March 2023 by the Gico of the economic-financial police unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Naples, together with the Scico and the Flying Squad of Naples, upon his arrival in Fiumicino from the United Arab Emirates. On that occasion he handed over the encrypted codes through which it was possible to access 2 million USDt, a virtual currency issued by the Tether Ltd company, which replicates the value of the US dollar. After complex operations over several months, on 16 November the sum corresponding to 1.8 million euros flowed into the Single Justice Fund.


Who is Bruno Carbone, from drug boss to "repentant" like Imperiale At the center of the investigations by the Milan DDA, in addition to Raffaele Imperiale, was also Bartolo Bruzzaniti, the undisputed lord of the distribution of drugs destined for the 'Ndrangheta gangs in Lombardy. The third figure in the criminal puzzle is that of the other Campanian broker Bruno Carbone, from whom Bruzzaniti allegedly purchased loads of drugs to supply the clans in the Milan area.


Where is Raffaele Imperiale Raffaele Imperiale resided in Dubai, where he was arrested on August 4, 2021 . He is currently detained in the United Arab Emirates, while the Italian Ministry of Justice is completing extradition procedures.


How much is Raffaele Imperiale's estate worth? From the little information leaked from the investigations, Imperiale spent around 400 thousand euros a month in Dubai to maintain his luxurious lifestyle. Before being captured, the former drug trafficker allegedly paid 7 million euros in just three months to finance his escape.

The island in question is called “Taiwan” and is one of the islands that are part of the large artificial archipelago “New World Community”, built off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Each island is named after a state and Taiwan is registered with a company that has since confirmed ownership traces back to Imperiale.
He bought it a few years ago for tens of millions of euros.
The transaction with Taiwan is part of the deal that Imperiale wants to conclude with the Italian judiciary.
Well-known prosecutor Nicola Gratteri is still investigating the island and the possibilities for the Italian government to take possession of it. Its value is estimated somewhere between 60 and 70 million euros.
During the indictment, anti-mafia prosecutor De Marco explained how the Camorra clans did business with the Colombian Clan del Golfo, which until his arrest was led by Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias Otoniel. Last August, a New York court sentenced Otoniel to 45 years in prison.

Camorra mob boss Raffaele Imperiale has revealed how he lost 600-kilo cocaine bound for Sydney in Australia with no idea where it went.
However, the former Kinahan cartel partner who has turned ‘pentito’ (supergrass) told Italian authorities the failed expedition was a calculated risk that did not stop his activity.

During an interrogation in the Court of Naples, Imperiale, connected by videoconference from the prison where he is being held, was responding to questions posed by deputy prosecutor Maurizio De Marco.

Imperiale, who has already handed over an island in Dubai to the Italians as part of his collaboration with justice officials, explained how the operation proved to be a failure as the cargo was lost.

According to Imperiale, the two containers containing the drugs may have disappeared in Naples or Gioia Tauro, where the ship carrying them had stopped before leaving for Sydney.

Imperiale told how the Australian market is particularly profitable with an investment of between €7-8 million returning as much as €90 million.

Imperiale had six months to prove his commitment to telling all after declaring his wish to be a ‘pentito’ last October, in a move that is likely to have left the Kinahans sweating.

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/w...-cocaine-oz-shipment-is/a2017465973.html

Bruno Carbone also spoke about his relationships with the 'Ndrangheta, the "repentant" drug trafficker, partner of the international broker Raffaele Imperiale and like him a collaborator with justice. Carbone today, before the judges of the seventh criminal section of Naples (president Marta Di Stefano), and the deputy prosecutor Maurizio De Marco, answered the questions of the lawyers of the defense panel, via video link (always filmed from behind) from the secret location where is detained.
«The port of Gioia Tauro – said the narcos specialist in logistics – was under the command of Bruzzaniti. I was in contact with the Mammoliti (a Calabrian 'ndrina) who purchased cocaine in Naples or Rome." The Bruzzaniti he refers to is Bartolo Bruzzaniti, originally from Locri, arrested in Lebanon, considered a person of high criminal depth and considered among the most important drug traffickers at an international level.
Carbone also explained how he transferred the money for the purchase of cocaine "from Panama, from Ecuador, from Colombia" simply "with a click, or with a chat message, through exchange dealers with whom enormous trust had been established. This is how the money for drugs was transferred to any part of the world, I supplied all of Naples with my cocaine." Carbone also explained in more detail the transfer of a ton of cocaine to Australia, which had problems, and that it was he, from Dubai, "who opened the Australian market".

The repentant narcos who worked with the 'Ndrangheta and the Colombians: «In the port of Gioia also 2 tons of coca for each shipment»
The van Gogh boss Raffaele Imperiale tells the prosecutors of the DDA of Reggio Calabria about the dealings of the Calabrian clans. The tense relations with the South American paramilitaries: "Sometimes if a load is lost we have to pay them anyway or we no longer work"

Sometimes relations between the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean are complicated. Colombians and Calabrians have different approaches. Imperiale, who acts as a glue, tells them in an interrogation on January 23, 2023 .

https://www.lacnews24.it/cronaca/il...late-di-coca-per-ogni-spedizione_185457/

'Pentito Imperiale made statements in Dutch criminal case' (UPDATE)
March 19, 2024

The Italian Raffaele Imperiale, who is on trial in Italy for leading a criminal drug organization and is a key witness (" pentito "), made statements in September last year in the Dutch criminal case about Rico "De Chileen" R., among others . That's what Het Parool writes .


Amsterdam
The Orinus 2 case revolves around a criminal organization whose members are allegedly guilty of money laundering, possession of weapons and murder. There was a preliminary hearing in the criminal case before the court in Amsterdam on Tuesday.

A prosecutor there announced that a Dutch police team traveled to Italy last September to interrogate Raffaele Imperiale. He is said to have made a number of statements.

Dubai
Rico R. was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2021 for leading criminal organizations with the aim of liquidations and money laundering, in the Orinus 1 case.

Justice counts Imperiale as a criminal contact of both Rico R. and Ridouan Taghi. He once lived in Amsterdam for a while and worked in the Rockland coffee shop in the Raadhuisstraat. He is said to have entered the cocaine trade and then settled in Dubai.

After years of litigation and negotiations, he was arrested in Dubai in 2021, at the request of the Italian authorities. As a regret, he made a series of statements in Italian cases. In Italy, Imperiale has now been sentenced to 14 years in prison in his trial .

Nothing known
Nothing is yet known about the content of the statements.

Imperiale is also discussed in the criminal case against former criminal lawyer Inez Weski . Weski is suspected of having passed on information from her client Taghi to his son. That information is said to be related to cocaine or financial transactions between the Taghi family and Imperiale.

Fallen TV presenter and lawyer Khalid Kasem has handled cases in Dubai for Imperiale, which, according to Kasem, relate to 'family law'.

Car company Naarden
According to De Telegraaf, it was also announced at the hearing before the Amsterdam court that former car dealer Carel B. (75) from Naarden is suspected of participating in a criminal organization affiliated with Ridouan Taghi and Raffaele Imperiale. B. is said to have laundered 1,300,000 euros together with a large number of co-suspects between 2014 and 2017, including through his car company in Naarden.

Expensive cars, including a Lamborghini, were shot at at Carel B.'s former car company in 2022. That company has now gone bankrupt.

LOOSE LIPS | Italian mob boss Raffaele Imperiale has Kinahan cartel worried as he talks to cops
The former Kinahan cartel partner, who began his criminal career from a coffee shop in Amsterdam, was number two on Italy’s most wanted list

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/w...ied-as-he-talks-to-cops/a2080175370.html