Guardia di finanza, over 1 million interventions. 6 billion seized for tax evasion
The balance sheet from 1 January 2024 to 31 May 2025 on the occasion of the 251st anniversary of the founding of the Italian police force. Nine thousand total evaders discovered
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One million interventions, 106,000 investigations, EUR 6.2 billion seized for tax fraud, EUR 1.2 billion in the crosshairs of anti-money laundering and almost EUR 4 billion taken from organised crime. The underground economy, public funds fraud and contracts polluted by corruption remain an open wound for Italy. And the Guardia di finanza, with a capillary device that crosses borders, markets, and digital networks, is fielding record numbers published on the occasion of the 251st anniversary of the founding of the Corps. In the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 May 2025: 9,139 total tax evaders unmasked, more than 20,000 subjects reported for tax offences, more than 5,000 companies investigated for wrongdoing in the corporate crisis. An investigative machine that strikes deep: from abuses in building bonuses to rigged public contracts, from suspicious cryptocurrencies to cash that crosses borders, to confiscations of mafia assets.
The face of evasion: more than 9,000 persons unknown to the tax authorities
Nine thousand total evaders, 58 thousand undeclared workers, over 6 billion euro seized. This is the identikit of tax illegality traced by the Guardia di Finanza in the first 17 months between 2024 and 2025. A sweeping action that has uncovered 9,139 subjects completely unknown to the tax authorities, often active on e-commerce platforms, and 58,315 illegal workers, bringing to the surface the pockets of illegality still rooted in the Italian economic fabric.
Evasion knows no borders: 1,118 cases of international fraud were traced back to fictitious residences, manipulated transfer prices and capital hidden abroad. On the criminal front, 20,918 individuals were reported for tax offences, with 496 arrests and seizures of more than EUR 6.2 billion also linked to inflated or non-existent building and environmental bonuses.
But taxation is only part of the battlefield. The Fiamme gialle proposed the closure of 5,442 risky VAT accounts and intensified checks on excise and customs, with 4,618 interventions in the former sector and 77,825 in the latter. The fight against smuggling led to the discovery of 2,228 tonnes of illegal tobacco and the reporting of 1,789 subjects.
Finally, clandestine gambling was also under attack: 377 illegal betting points discovered, 550 perpetrators reported. An all-round action that confirms the strategic presence of the Guardia di Finanza on the critical nodes of the underground economy.
