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Numerous police authorities in Italy have taken action against Schenker Italiana and Aldieri autotrasporti under article 34 of the country's Anti-Mafia Code
According to numerous Italian media reports
DB Schenker Italiana has been put into administration for an entire year
The Italian police say that a shipping manager at Schenker Italiana had testified that “commercial relations” had emerged between his employers and Mr Nicola Bevilacqua
Mr Bevilacqua is known to be part of the Mancuso della ‘Ndrangheta clan
a significant criminal and mafia-type organisation based in Calabria
The shipping manager also reportedly told the police that the drugs could have been mixed in with 5 pallets of dairy products that came from Fiuto Autotrasporti
a road transport firm that’s linked to Mr Bevilacqua and registered under the name of his partner
The shipping manager said the pallets “had been taken the day before
from a company in the province of Piacenza and brought to Guanzate for export to England”
Corriere Della Calabria adds that 70-year-old Bevilacqua is being investigated by prosecutors in Milan for the fictitious registration of Fiuto Autotrasporti under Anna Fiuto’s name
The business was reportedly set up almost immediately after Bevilacqua’s own company was prevented from doing business due to the criminal proceedings against it
Fiuto Autotrasporti was then used to obtain subcontracted work from Schenker Italiana
“We have heard of allegations in connection with a subcontractor of Schenker Italiana
We fully support the authorities,” a Deutsche Bahn Schenker spokesperson in Germany is quoted as saying
The Italian press also reports that the authorities believe some of Schenker Italiana’s managers had demonstrated “seriously negligent” conduct due to a lack of monitoring and checks. <a href="https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/schenker-commissariata-boss-ndrangheta-1.7679637" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Italian newspaper Il Giorno</a>
the report from the authorities says that “some executives with decision-making power” had facilitated “at least in a culpable or negligent manner
the activity of a person convicted of mafia association and of the company attributable to him.”
neither the current management of Schenker Italiana nor the company itself are believed to be under investigation
Police are continuing to investigate the matter further
with searches at both homes and business premises underway in the provinces of Milan and Como
Meanwhile, DB Schenker Italiana will be run by <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/italian-authorities-charge-deutsche-bahn-162112870.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a specially appointed administrator for a year</a>
The company has 1,400 employees and 37 branches in the country
and generates hundreds of millions of euros in turnover every year
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