Maxi confiscates 150 million euros from a Cinisi entrepreneur. This is the 72 year old Andrea Impastato , son of Giacomo called "u sinnacheddu", a prominent mafia member of the Cinisi family, in constant relationship with the Badalamenti, and brother of Luigi, killed in Palermo during a mafia ambush on September 22, 1981.

On October 2, 2002 Impastato was arrested for mafia-style criminal association after a long and complex anti-mafia investigation by the Palermo mobile team against a criminal group committed to managing and managing the Corleone heritage.

The investigations, which led to the arrest of Impastato originated from an activity against Giuseppe Lipari , arrested on 24 January 2002, definitively sentenced for mafia association precisely for his proximity to Bernardo Provenzano. Lipari was the main point of reference for the economic interests of the then superlatitant on whose behalf he had managed his huge patrimony.

Analyzing the material seized in Lipari's house, it emerged that Impastato had been indicated by Provenzano as one of the main contacts through which Lipari himself could have obtained support in the administration and management of the assets. The massive investigation carried out by the Palermo mobile team in the anti-mafia operations that culminated in the arrest of hundreds of suspected mobsters and numerous fugitives has revealed a series of contacts by Impastato with numerous prominent personalities of the Cosa Nostra, such as Bernardo Provenzano and Salvatore Lo Piccolo .