1bn euros seized as Italy hits at ‘PetrolMafias’

Updated 09 Apr, 2021

ROME: Dozens of people were arrested Thursday, including a Rolls Royce-riding oil heiress, as Italian police disrupted a massive fuel fraud by mafia groups.

"Operation PetrolMafias" nabbed over 50 suspects as police seized nearly 1 billion euros in assets linked to mafia money laundering and tax fraud through oil products.

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