Overview
- In Milan, Carabinieri executed a December 11 order against an alleged Lafleur family clan accused of posing as Carabinieri to enter homes and steal cash and jewelry.
- The Milan probe cites 12 home thefts and related receiving and laundering counts, a cross‑border pipeline to Switzerland and Belgium using a camper, and goods valued at about €2.5 million.
- Searches tied to the Milan case recovered cash, luxury watches, gold ingots, jewelry, radio transmitters, anti‑spy scanners and blank‑firing pistols, with assistance from Swiss border authorities.
- A separate investigation coordinated by Naples prosecutors and Genova Carabinieri led to 21 measures for a phone‑scam network that staged fake ‘cauzione’ emergencies, with 33 aggravated frauds alleged between May 2024 and January 2025.
- Authorities describe defined roles, call‑center bases in Naples, rented cars and burner phones, with proceeds exceeding €300,000 traced to cash stashes and reinvestments including a property and a betting agency; all suspects are presumed innocent.