The Casalesi also enriched themselves with online poker. In the context of the operation called Pokerissimo they seized assests from Antonio Tancredi.

The 54-year-old from Potenza has already been investigated by various public prosecutors of the territory for crimes related to illicit gaming, also perpetrated through the development and management of complex computer systems for organizing and collecting the game active on foreign platforms. Over time, these have catalyzed the interests of important Calabrian and Campania criminal gangs, including the Casalesi clan, yielding high earnings.

In particular, from previous investigations Tancredi, appeared to be a real point of reference, for his technical and managerial skills, for associations, including mafia members. The clans turned to Tancredi when they wanted to manage illegal online gaming which, through the avoidance of the payment of taxes due, became one of the most profitable businesses managed by organized crime for the Casalesi too.


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