'Ndrangheta and money laundering with the Lotto: the Carabinieri of Brescia arrested 14 people. They laundered money through Lotto winnings thanks to the connivance of bar, tobacconist and betting shop managers. Seized from the suspects movable and immovable assets for over 25 million euros , including current accounts, luxury homes with gold handles and swimming pools.
The reference point was identified in Francesco Mura, entrepreneur in the television sector. He, his father Mario, Maria Alda Dizioli, Elisa Salerno and Gabriella Corsini, must also answer for the Mafia association for having facilitated the locale of the 'Ndrangheta Barbaro-Papalia. The entrepreneur Mura would be director of the recycling operations through lottery winnings.
The investigations describe the 40-year-old Giuseppe Pangallo as the most important element for the economic investments of the Barbaro-Papalia clan. Pangallo (who is not under investigation) is the husband of Rosanna Papalia, the daughter of the boss Rocco Papalia, released in 2017 after 26 years in prison, and brother of the capos Antonio and Domenico. Mura, intercepted by police, defines it as "the largest family of 'Ndranghetists historically in Lombardy".
