Vienna was the linchpin of a Mafia money-laundering operation by Italian telecom firms between 2005 and 2007, it emerged yesterday (Mon).
News magazine Profil reported that the firms used Vienna banks to launder two billion Euros for the Italian mobsters.
The banks eventually alerted police, who froze the firms’ accounts, and Italian police pressed charges against ringleader Dario P., who is in detention in Rome. Police also began an investigation into 60 other suspected Mafia members.
The magazine said the Italian firm Fastweb, Italy’… [ read more ]