On 11 February 2026, the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia di Catania (Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate of Catania), together with the Questura di Ragusa (Ragusa Police Headquarters), executed a preventive asset seizure order against a third-party freight transport company headquartered in Comiso, in the province of Ragusa. The measure was issued by the Sezione Misure di Prevenzione del Tribunale di Catania (Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Catania) as part of a financial investigation into an entrepreneur whom prosecutors consider close to the Cosa Nostra organisation operating in the Vittoria area. The company reports annual revenues exceeding €6m and employs around 150 staff.
The business operates in logistics and freight transport. Although formally registered in the name of an individual with no criminal record, investigators believe it is in fact attributable to a transport sector entrepreneur from Vittoria who is alleged to have links with the local Cosa Nostra clan. The man was recently sentenced at first instance by the Gup of Catania to eight years and four months’ imprisonment for external participation in a mafia-type association, as part of proceedings that include the 2024 “Fenice” operation.
The 11 February seizure forms part of a broader framework already outlined in previous months. On 19 December 2025, the same Prevention Measures Section of the Court of Catania ordered the seizure of assets traceable to the same entrepreneur with a total value of around €20m. That measure involved eight companies and a sole proprietorship operating between the provinces of Ragusa, Catania and Rome in the transport and property sectors, as well as real estate, land and banking and financial assets registered to companies and individuals linked to him.
With regard to the company targeted in February, investigators have highlighted a number of anomalies. The registered and operational headquarters reportedly coincide with a residential property, and the business appears to lack its own capital equipment, an element considered atypical for a freight operator declaring volumes in excess of €6m. Financial investigations also point to an almost exclusive dependence on commercial relationships with other companies attributable to the same family group.
According to the reconstruction provided by the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia di Catania (Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate of Catania) and the Questura di Ragusa (Ragusa Police Headquarters), in the second half of 2025 the company recorded a sudden increase in turnover, with approximately €6m in additional revenue, accompanied by an equally rapid rise in headcount. Investigators deemed this trend inconsistent with the company’s previous operations and its tangible structure. The pattern has been interpreted as a possible indicator of illicit financial flows or the reinvestment of capital linked to the Vittoria mafia network.
Prosecutors describe a corporate structure that is formally lawful but, in substance, attributable to the group headed by the entrepreneur under investigation, despite the presence of a third-party registered owner with no criminal record. The seized company is described as a potential instrument of a unified fraudulent scheme aimed at shielding assets and business activities allegedly linked to organised crime and protecting them from seizure orders.
The allegations are linked to findings that emerged in earlier investigations. In that strand of inquiry, a collaboration with mafia figures was reportedly established for the procurement of illicit fuel, generating tax and cost savings that allegedly enabled the company to offer lower rates than competitors. According to investigators, this mechanism distorted competition in the freight transport sector and provided financial support to the criminal organisation.
