Gdf, seized plant with 17 tonnes of cigarettes: generated profits of 700,000 euro per day
The seized cigarettes, if placed on the market, would have resulted in a loss of revenue for the State and EU coffers (in terms of excise duties and evaded VAT) of approximately EUR 3.5 million
Key points
A 'vast' factory, equipped with all the necessary equipment and machinery for large-scale production processes, with 17 tons of cigarettes ready to be sold and 8 tons of shredded tobacco. This is what the financiers of the Provincial Command of Palermo discovered, by delegation of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, together with the Italian Criminal Police of Verona and Padua, who seized the factory in Castagnaro (Verona).
Profits of 700 thousand euro per day
Over EUR 2 million is the value of the plant, built to the highest technological standards and capable of producing around 4 million cigarettes per day.
The seized cigarettes, if placed on the market, would have resulted in a loss of revenue for the state and EU coffers (in terms of excise duties and evaded VAT) of approximately EUR 3.5 million.
The illicit profit that the plant was able to ensure amounts to 700,000 euros per day; in one year, over 240 million euros, for a damage to public finances of approximately 160 million euros.
The seizure
Inside the factory, covering an area of more than 5,000 square metres, 8 tonnes of cigarettes were found, boxes containing shredded tobacco weighing approximately 8 tonnes and 108 pallets of precursors, including materials for the packaging of cigarette packets with the logos of renowned manufacturers (Marlboro and Winston).
