Carabinieri in Gioia Tauro referred a man to prosecutors and seized a betting venue in a gambling enforcement operation, the source headline says. The supplied text does not include the full account of the operation.
The reported seizure concerns alleged illegal betting and underage access, but the available details do not establish further enforcement outcomes.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | Turin prosecutors close illegal betting investigation involving 16 people | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Salerno anti-mafia prosecutors target illegal online betting group | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Abruzzo Monopolies Office and Guardia di Finanza find gambling violations | Not stated |
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Lucca’s police authority ordered a betting venue in Pietrasanta to close for three days after officers found a minor inside, although the young person was not gambling. The venue’s owner had not checked the visitor’s identity despite a sign barring minors, and the Carabinieri requested the suspension.
ADM’s Umbria office ordered a 15-day closure of a betting venue in Bastia Umbra after police found five minors playing slot machines there. Police notified the minors’ parents and issued a formal notice to the venue’s owner, which it sent to ADM.
Italy’s ADM and Carabinieri investigated alleged slot-machine tampering in Cosenza, with the prosecutor’s office coordinating the operation. A court judge ordered precautionary measures against 15 people; investigators seized 145 altered machines and about €80,000 in cash, while a preventive seizure exceeding €12m targeted an industry operator over unpaid tax, according to the report.
Carabinieri at the provincial command in Cosenza and officials of the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli investigated an alleged criminal organisation that altered slot machines to take gaming proceeds and keep them from the tax authorities, under the coordination of the Cosenza public prosecutor's office. A judge at the Cosenza court issued a precautionary order against 15 people. Investigators seized 145 altered slot machines and about €80,000 in cash. A preventive seizure of more than €12m was then ordered against a gaming-sector operator, corresponding to the Prelievo Unico Erariale never paid to the state.
Carabinieri reportedly seized computers and reported the owner of a Cicciano non-profit association after finding access to foreign bookmaker websites without authorisation. Investigators said betting was taking place at the premises without licences; inquiries into contacts and betting flows are continuing.
Carabinieri in Calatabiano, Sicily, reported that they found a betting centre operating without authorisation during an inspection. They said the owner had also breached a Catania Questura order and lacked the municipal filing required to operate; the owner was reported to prosecutors and the premises were seized pending legal proceedings.