The Carabinieri and Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency inspected four betting venues in the Palermo area during a wider operation, according to the report. They issued fines totalling €2,600.
The inspections and penalties show betting operators in the area face checks on regulatory compliance.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | ADM and police conduct more than 40 illegal-gambling checks in Abruzzo | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 780,000 | ADM conducts more than 50 illegal-gambling checks in Lazio, finding €780,000 in violations | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 5,000 | Italy's Council of State upholds €5,000 ADM penalty against online gambling concessionaire | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 1,500 | Lazio court upholds revocation of Lotto outlet concession over late payments | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 2,200 | Italian authorities fine gaming venue partner €2,200 over workplace violations | Not stated |
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Carabinieri, ADM staff and municipal police inspected businesses in Catania, Italy, and found licensing discrepancies at a gaming room, according to the report. The operator received an order to restore the premises within 30 days, and authorities reported a worker without the required gaming-machine qualifications to the Questura.
Carabinieri from the Piazza Dante Company carried out checks in Catania, Italy, assisted by staff of the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) and the Municipal Police. The inspections were concentrated in several locations in the city centre.
ADM’s Trapani office, supported by the Anti-Fraud Office of the Sicily regional directorate, inspected businesses in fuel, public gaming and retail sectors in the province in recent days. The checks found a chewing-gum vending machine unlawfully adapted for gambling, which ADM placed under administrative seizure.
ADM placed a chewing-gum dispenser under administrative seizure after checks in Trapani province found it had been unlawfully adapted for gambling.
Carabinieri in Catania, working with the Customs and Monopolies Agency and municipal police, found irregularities during an inspection of a gaming venue, reportedly. They ordered the venue to correct differences from its licence within 30 days and referred an employee who was not authorised to manage slot machines to the police headquarters.
Carabinieri in Catania, working with the Customs and Monopolies Agency and municipal police, reportedly carried out a targeted check at a gaming venue and found irregularities.
ADM’s Sicily 4 office in Messina inspected 20 gaming and tobacco businesses across the Aeolian Islands during the previous week, the agency said. It found administrative and tax violations at 12 premises, began procedures to contest them and recover taxes, and seized a gaming machine lacking required authorisations.
ADM's Sicily 4 office in Messina reportedly carried out a targeted round of checks on gaming and tobacco businesses in all the municipalities of the Aeolian Islands. The inspections, carried out over the previous week, covered 20 businesses, including tobacconists, bars, betting agencies, game rooms and venues with entertainment machines.
A court in Lecce ordered the seizure of at least €600,000 in assets linked to Tobia Parisi and his family, following a request from anti-mafia prosecutors. Investigators allege that a bar in Mesagne served as a base for clandestine sports betting; the order is aimed at eventual confiscation.
A court in Lecce ordered the seizure of at least €600,000 in assets linked to Tobia Parisi and his family on Wednesday, at the request of anti-mafia prosecutors, according to the Carabinieri. The order is aimed at eventual confiscation. Parisi, 45, is accused of being a senior figure in the Mesagne faction of the Sacra Corona Unita, the Puglia-based organised crime group, and a lieutenant to mafia boss Daniele Vicientino.