An emergency seizure order for over €7.5 million has been executed by the Foggia financial police against seven individuals accused, on various counts, of excise duty conspiracy, issuing false invoices, and fraudulent transfer of assets.
Two commercial warehouses of petroleum products, a vessel, the assets of seven companies, bank accounts, real estate and numerous motor vehicles were seized .
House searches were carried out at the homes of 16 other suspects.
The alleged organization, based in Cerignola and operating throughout the country , was apparently able to move large quantities of diesel without paying excise duties , placing over 13.5 million liters of contraband product on the market between 2025 and 2026.
The investigations documented three distinct fraud schemes. The first involved diesel fuel for motor vehicles of EU origin arriving in Italy by rail, in containers, or by road, in cubes transported by articulated trucks, accompanied by cover documents that would have generically described it as an anti-corrosion liquid . Once recovered, it would have been dumped at a commercial warehouse in Cerignola, managed by a company linked to the syndicate, to then be resold to operators in the sector. The second would have involved the use of lubricating oil purchased from warehouses throughout Italy and destined for export to foreign countries . The third refers to a petroleum product at a reduced rate obtained through companies established specifically for this purpose .
(Unioneonline)
