The Prosecutor's Office: "The hands of Cosa Nostra on the food trade of Genoa". Finance finds three million in cash between Liguria and Sicily
In handcuffs, among others, Salvatore Vetrano, considered the "king of frozen foods" in Palermo near Cosa Nostra, the only one to whom the aggravating circumstance of 416 bis is contested, and Mauro Castellani, who manages two companies in the Ligurian capital
Five people arrested and one, Salvatore Vetrano , the Genoa Prosecutor's Office denies having acted to favor Cosa Nostra. Because the trafficking of the man considered "the king of frozen foods" in Palermo, at least according to the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Ligurian capital, reached as far as the Lanterna: the investigation carried out by the provincial command and by the Scico of the Guardia di Finanza counts in all twelve suspects.
Among these, the five arrested in addition to Vetrano are his wife Anna Bruno , two people resident in Sicily ( Sebastiana Germano and Giuseppe Licata ) and the man who, according to the prosecution, is the "connection" with Liguria and then with abroad , where he allegedly transferred money resulting from tax fraud.
His name is Mauro Castellani and he is the owner of the individual company of the same name, as well as holding the role of administrator of the Liguria Surgelati srl , based in Corte Lambruschini, right in the city centre. Vetrano, Bruno and Castellani himself ended up in prison, Germano and Licata under house arrest.
The five are accused in various capacities of criminal association, fraudulent transfer of valuables, self-laundering, failure to pay VAT and other tax crimes. Vetrano alone is also accused of the aggravating mafia charge of 416 bis.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, Vetrano was the man behind a very long series of companies, all connected to each other, which allowed him to manage between 2015 and 2021 a business based on the importation of frozen fish products from Spain and Portugal to Italy .
In this chain, again for prosecutors Federico Manotti and Giancarlo Vona , Mauro Castellani's individual company and Liguria Surgelati were the final link: they actually purchased products formally imported from "ghost" companies and sold them to customers in the area.
