Waste disposal, arrests and seizure of assets in the Palermo area

Partinico, San Giuseppe Jato and San Cipirello. These are the three municipalities of Palermo affected, at dawn today, by the ‘Cogenesi’ operation of the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza of Partinico which led to the seizure of assets for over 2.5 million euros and the house arrest of three directors of companies operating in the waste sector and already recipients of anti-mafia bans for connections with mafia exponents of the San Giuseppe Jato district. The order, issued by the investigating judge of Palermo at the request of the prosecutor, also provides for the obligation of residence for the legal administrator and shareholder of some of the companies and the suspension from the exercise of public office for an employee of the Municipality of Partinico. The accusation, for various reasons, is of fraudulent bankruptcy, fictitious registration of assets and company shares, breach of contracts for public supplies, use of invoices for non-existent operations, money laundering and self-laundering.