Corruption in the Great Works and the Third mountain Pass, dozens of arrests all over Italy – ANSA.it

Dozens of arrests all over Italy for corruption in two separate surveys of Major Works, and on the Third Pass the rail. Four persons arrested between the two steps, respectively, of the Carabinieri in Rome and that of the Guardia di Finanza of Genoa. The investigation of the Police, stems from a extract of the inquiry on the Mafia the Capital and deals with four subjects that would have had to do with the work of Tav and the ligurian that are also recipients of the measure of the power of attorney of Genoa in the inquiry on the Third pass.

The delivery of a bribe was documented by investigators of the Guardia di Finanza inside of some of the offices of the Consortium Cociv, a giant, they are a part of Salini Impregilo, Condotte, and the Civ that is building the six lots of the High-Speed line Genoa-Milan. The exchange of the ‘bribe’ is between the general manager of the Consortium and an entrepreneur: the images of the hidden cameras placed by the men of the Guardia di Finanza resume in fact, the first time a subject that obscures the office by lowering the shutter; then he sees a second person who delivers the ‘bribe’. The two speak for a few minutes after that, according to investigators, the second the subject moves away, and the first counts the money inside the content of

The OPERATION OF the GDF ON the THIRD PASS - The Guardia di Finanza is by 14 orders of pre-trial detention in respect of entrepreneurs and executives, involved in the work for the construction of the Third Crossing the railway Genoa-Milan. Suspects are questioned, in various ways, the offences of corruption, bribery and bid rigging.

The high-speed line called “the Third Pass of Giovi” has been defined as of “strategic national interest”: it will connect Genoa to Milan and is expected to be ready in 2021. The Tav ligure is a work that is worth 6.2 billion and has the objective to strengthen the connections of the port system in Liguria with the main railway lines of northern Italy and the rest of Europe. Develops along 53 kilometres, of which 37 are in the gallery. Cipe has fixed a limit of expenditure of € 6.2 billion for the consortium Cociv – a colossus of which they are part of Salini Impregilo, the Conduct and the Civ – which is to build the six lots.

in Addition to the protective measures, issued by the Gip of the Court of Genoa, men of the Guardia di Finanza are running some dozens of searches in several Italian regions. Overall, according to what is learned, there would be over 20 suspected.

The suspects in the investigation, in the various roles held over the years, they performed a series of acts of corruption, bribery and bid rigging in relation to the awarding of contracts to a value of 324 million.

In the past few months, the survey of Genoa is crossed with a similar activity initiated by the Carabinieri of the provincial command of Rome on the input of the prosecutor of the Capital: the investigation has so continued with a collaboration, both at the level of investigation that the judicial. And from the investigation it emerged that some of the leaders who were following the course of the tenders issued by the general contractor, to control the assignment of lots for some companies and exclude others, they have done so, in some cases, that offers ‘abnormal’ become regular and, in others, they have used the ‘competitors’ of convenience’ that in reality were not minimally interested to the award of the tender, to address directly the assignment at only competitor concerned. At least on the occasion of a disturbance, investigators of the Guardia di Finanza have documented the payment of a bribe. The military of the Fiamme Gialle are running a ser ies of searches aimed at the acquisition of different documentation in Liguria, Piemonte, Lombardia, Trentino Alto Adige, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Molise and Campania.

The OPERATION OF the POLICE PROCUREMENT IN the LARGER WORKS - The police of the Provincial Command of Rome are taking precautionary measures in the different regions against 21 people believed to be responsible, in various capacities of criminal association, corruption and attempted extortion. Investigators speculate a criminal association that has done conducted of corrupt to obtain contracts for subcontracting in the work of a section of the TAV Milan-Genoa; 6° Macrolotto of the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria and the PEOPLE MOVER in Pisa.

The investigation, coordinated by the Prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Rome and conducted by the police of the nucleus of investigation of the provincial Command of Rome, is called “Amalgam” and has triggered arrests in Lazio, Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Abruzzo, Umbria and Calabria. The survey would have rebuilt unlawful conduct of a group of persons formed, organized and promoted by the person, until 2015, has been the director of the work in the context of the three public works concerned and by his partner of the fact, an entrepreneur of the calabrian branch of road construction, that use is made of the contribution of the other 9 people, including some officials of the consorzio COCIV. Investigators speculate a criminal association aimed to carry out pipelines of corrupt to obtain contracts and subcontracts within the scope of the work for the realisation of the TAV “A. V./A. C Milan-Genoa-Third Pass the Rail of the Giovi” (High-S peed Milan-Genoa); 6° Macrolotto Highway A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria and of the PEOPLE MOVER di Pisa.