Italian authorities seize assets and arrest suspects in several crime investigations

In Caltanissetta, Carabinieri arrested a man and a woman who stole food and personal‑care items from a Lidl supermarket during the lunch rush, seizing the stolen goods and placing the pair under judicial police supervision.

In Messina, the financial police executed a court order seizing assets worth more than €515,000 from a convicted individual accused of racketeering, fraud, theft, false accusations, personal injury and fraudulent bankruptcy.

In Caserta, the Guardia di Finanza confiscated roughly €1 million in assets from seven companies and eleven administrators suspected of an organized scheme to defraud the INPS through bogus worker‑detachment contracts.

In Ausonia, Carabinieri enforced a protective order that removed a 42‑year‑old man from his home and imposed electronic monitoring after investigators linked him to repeated domestic abuse and injuries to his wife and children.

In Sommatino, six people—including the former mayor—were placed under house arrest on accusations of corruption, extortion of local traders and rigging of public‑works contracts, with alleged illicit cash gains of about €11,000.

In Rome, financial police carried out a preventive seizure exceeding €4 million against a construction‑renovation firm and seven suspects suspected of fraudulent bankruptcy and self‑laundering, confiscating luxury watches, a diamond, real‑estate assets and vessels.