Salerno - A clandestine business worth at least €25 million in three years, a network spanning Italy, and seized assets exceeding €4 million, including companies, luxury properties, and cars.
This is the picture reconstructed by the major investigation coordinated by the Salerno District Anti-Mafia Directorate, which this morning led to the execution of a precautionary detention order.
Domenico Chiavazzo and Paolo Memoli were jailed, while Giovanni Petruzzellis was placed under house arrest. According to the prosecutor's office, based on wiretaps, wiretaps, video recordings, and statements from collaborators of justice, the three are believed to be promoters and organizers of a conspiracy committed to crimes related to illegal online gambling, illegal betting, money laundering, and the issuance of false invoices.
The axis with the Schiavone faction of the Casalesi
According to investigators, the organization also operated through the Schiavone faction of the Casalesi clan, an aggravating circumstance that emerges forcefully from the investigation documents. "There has been sufficient evidence, based on circumstantial evidence, that our suspects operated with a company linked to the Schiavones," explained Salerno Deputy Prosecutor Rocco Alfano during the press conference.
The agreement called for the installation of illegal totems on clan-controlled territory: the proceeds were then split between the organization and the Casalesi's parent company.
The heart of the system: the “Lireservice” platform
Investigators have identified the “Lireservice” system as the linchpin of the entire scheme: gaming software connected to a network of totems distributed across numerous commercial businesses, capable of creating a circuit parallel to that of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM).
Apparently legal, the terminals allowed users to circumvent controls, betting limits, and winnings regulations, generating significant revenue flows. "According to a rough estimate, out of €25 million in revenue, the State Monopolies lost approximately €3,2 million," Alfano specified.
Money laundering and shielded assets
The money collected through the commercial network was channeled into the organization in cash or via rechargeable cards, to then be laundered through a dense network of companies: some considered "shell companies", others registered under front names, mainly active in the real estate sector.
The investigating judge ordered the seizure of 17 properties, including company buildings, commercial premises, and luxury apartments, three plots of land, luxury cars such as a Porsche Cayenne and an Audi Q8, as well as sums totaling €1,5 million.
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