Two million euros worth of assets were seized by the Dia from Vincenzo Pesce, 67 from Rosarno (Reggio Calabria), considered a leading exponent of the hegemonic gang of the same name, together with that of the Bellocco family, in the municipality of Reggino . Pesce reported 2 final convictions for crimes of simple and mafia conspiracy committed in the years 1980 and 1989 and following which he had already been subjected to the measure of special surveillance for a period of three years.
The man was involved in the "'Ndrangheta Banking" Operation, conducted in June 2014 by the Dia which had led to the discovery of a parallel credit system through which the Calabrian gangs granted loans at usurious rates to Calabrian and Lombard entrepreneurs in difficulty.
Pesce was sentenced to 4 years in prison for the crime of fictitious registration of assets with the aggravating circumstance of having facilitated the 'Ndrangheta.