Investigation into the illegal trafficking of end-of-life vehicles from Italy to Senegal: 10 people under investigation
An investigation by the Milan Forestry Carabinieri has uncovered a network involved in the illegal export of hazardous waste and stolen vehicles, involving car wreckers and a Senegalese businessman.
Ten people have been referred to the judicial authorities as part of an investigation by the Milan Forestry Carabinieri into the unlawful handling, cross-border shipment and organised trafficking of waste.
Officers from the Environmental, Agri-Food and Forestry Police Investigation Unit, coordinated by the Milan District Anti-Mafia Directorate, carried out six searches at five car wreckers in the provinces of Milan and Monza and Brianza and at the premises of a Senegalese national who runs a sole trader business.
The investigation also concerned a shipment bound for Senegal. According to the findings, the Senegalese businessman had declared in the customs documentation that he was exporting foodstuffs, whilst the container had in fact been loaded with dozens of motorbike frames and car engines.
According to the reconstruction carried out by Carabinieri investigators, the wrecks came from car wreckers in the Milan hinterland who had formally declared them to have been taken off the road.
The container also contained dozens of engines that had not been properly decontaminated and were classified as hazardous waste, as well as WEEE.
