Milan, 24 June (LaPresse) – Over 26,000 tonnes of textile waste have been illegally disposed of in at least 15 warehouses in northern Italy and abroad. On charges of illegal waste trafficking and the operation of an unauthorised landfill site, the Brescia Forestry Carabinieri have executed a preventive seizure order issued by the Brescia investigating magistrate against a company in the sector operating in the province, an entire fleet of lorries and articulated lorries used for transport, and approximately €12 million in financial assets and property in the provinces of Brescia, Verona, Mantua, Lodi and Nuoro. There are 20 individuals under investigation on various counts in Operation ‘End of Waste’, coordinated by the Brescia District Anti-Mafia Directorate, in addition to the company, which is being held liable under the law on the administrative liability of legal entities. The order was also carried out by the Carabinieri in Rome and Cagliari, the Forestry Units in Iseo, Edolo and Breno, local Carabinieri units and the Finance Police’s canine units. According to the investigation, the equivalent of 50 million items of clothing – largely originating from Tuscany – were allegedly disposed of illegally within 15 industrial warehouses spread across nine provinces in Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont. The organisation is alleged to have offered competitive prices on the market or by carrying out sorting and sanitisation operations, reclassifying the waste as recovered raw material. The warehouses were reportedly rented by companies set up specifically for this purpose and registered in the names of front men who, after quickly filling them with waste, stopped paying the rent, turning the buildings and their outbuildings into huge illegal rubbish dumps. In the decree, the investigating judge also notes that part of the waste was illegally exported to Turkey. Thanks to coordination with OLAF (the European Anti-Fraud Office), it has been documented that approximately 2,000 tonnes of textile waste, again disguised as ‘End of Waste’, were shipped to a site in the Turkish city of Denizli.
Brescia: illegal waste disposal also in Turkey – lorries seized and 20 people under investigation
Milan, 24 June (LaPresse) – Over 26,000 tonnes of textile waste have been illegally disposed of in at least 15 warehouses in northern Italy and abroad. On charges of illegal waste trafficking and the operation of an unauthorised landfill site, the Brescia Forestry Carabinieri have executed a preventive seizure order issued by the Brescia investigating magistrate against a company in the sector operating in the province, an entire fleet of lorries and articulated lorries used for transport, and approximately €12 million in financial assets and property in the provinces of Brescia, Verona, Mantua, Lodi and Nuoro. There are 20 individuals under investigation on various counts in Operation ‘End of Waste’, coordinated by the Brescia District Anti-Mafia Directorate, in addition to the company, which is being held liable under the law on the administrative liability of legal entities. The order was also carried out by the Carabinieri in Rome and Cagliari, the Forestry Units in Iseo, Edolo and Breno, local Carabinieri units and the Finance Police’s canine units. According to the investigation, the equivalent of 50 million items of clothing – largely originating from Tuscany – were allegedly disposed of illegally within 15 industrial warehouses spread across nine provinces in Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont. The organisation is alleged to have offered competitive prices on the market or by carrying out sorting and sanitisation operations, reclassifying the waste as recovered raw material. The warehouses were reportedly rented by companies set up specifically for this purpose and registered in the names of front men who, after quickly filling them with waste, stopped paying the rent, turning the buildings and their outbuildings into huge illegal rubbish dumps. In the decree, the investigating judge also notes that part of the waste was illegally exported to Turkey. Thanks to coordination with OLAF (the European Anti-Fraud Office), it has been documented that approximately 2,000 tonnes of textile waste, again disguised as ‘End of Waste’, were shipped to a site in the Turkish city of Denizli.
