Suspected mafia assets seized

ROME - ITALIAN authorities said on Tuesday they had seized assets worth 1.5 billion euros (S$2.6 billion) belonging to a businessman in the renewable energy sector suspected of links to the mafia. 'The value of the assets confiscated from businessman Vito Nicastri is 1.5 billion euros,' including solar and wind power companies, land, villas, cars and bank accounts, the interior ministry said in ...