Lecce’s municipal business office revoked the authorisation for a betting hall with an attached bar and ordered it to close after Carabinieri checks found irregularities. The administrator allegedly omitted a prior anti-mafia ban from a new SCIA filing and was reported by the Carabinieri for making a false statement.
The closure shows how a prior anti-mafia measure can prevent a betting venue from operating.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | EUR 34,800 | Italian authorities report €34,800 in workplace-safety penalties at betting shops | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 8,600 | Carabinieri suspend Pescara betting centre over workplace safety breaches | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 3,518 | Carabinieri report €3,517.66 in penalties at Palagianello betting venues | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 46,800 | Carabinieri inspect 83 gaming and betting venues in Cosenza | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Lucca questor orders three-day betting-shop closure after minor found inside | Not stated |
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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.
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.
Carabinieri officers found unauthorised games and betting at a private club in Randazzo, Italy, during an inspection on 28 October 2026. They also found several minors and visitors who lacked membership cards or were absent from the club register.
At a private club in Randazzo, Carabinieri officers established that games and betting were being managed without authorisation. The operation was mounted by the Randazzo company command together with specialised Arma units: the Radiomobile section and the local station, backed by the Catania labour inspectorate (NIL) and the operational intervention company (C.I.O.) of the 12th Carabinieri battalion “Sicilia”.
Carabinieri seized assets worth more than €500,000 from a 45-year-old man in Brindisi, Mesagne, Carovigno and Torre Santa Susanna, following an order by the Lecce court’s Prevention Measures Section. The court accepted a proposal from the Lecce Anti-Mafia District Directorate; investigators linked the man to alleged illegal gambling and betting activity.
Carabinieri have placed under preventive seizure illicit assets exceeding €500,000, including property, current accounts and commercial activities, belonging to a 45-year-old man. The order came from the Lecce court's prevention measures section, which fully accepted a proposal by the Lecce Anti-Mafia District Directorate (DDA).
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.