Italian anti‑mafia asset seizures and restitution moves

The Guardia di Finanza in Brindisi confiscated assets worth about €1.5 million from a known criminal, seizing shares, cash, life‑insurance policies, movable and immovable property as part of an anti‑mafia prevention measure.

In Sicily, the Court of Appeal in Catania reversed a 23‑year‑old confiscation of several houses belonging to Angela and Simona Magro, ruling that new evidence showed the funds used to buy the properties were lawful and returning the homes to the sisters.

A Eurispes study presented to the Senate shows that more than 47 000 assets—including over 4 000 immovable properties and 3 200 companies—have been seized from the mafia nationwide, with an estimated total value of €30‑40 billion. Only about 52 % of these assets have completed the allocation process, highlighting difficulties in converting seized wealth into public benefit, especially for enterprises that are often liquidated.

Separately, the financial police seized a villa, a garage and about 900 m² of land in the province of Siena, valued at roughly €600 000, linking the properties to entrepreneur Rosario Rechichi, who is alleged to have ties to the ‘Ndrangheta Tegano‑De Stefano clan.