Police on Monday seized a company, apartments, land and bank accounts worth 3.4 million euros from an alleged 'treasurer' of the Naples mafia, Antonio Esposito.
The seizure of the company in the seaside town Castellammare di Stabia, south of Naples, and the other assets, followed raids in the town and in several others in Campania, including Pompei, police said.
Esposito, 51, nicknamed 'Billy' ran the finances of the Naples mafia or Camorra's Cesarano clan, especially those of its lucrative flower business, according to investigators.
"His long-term presence in the criminal organisation was attested to by various informants, who identified him as the clan's treasurer," police said in a statement.
The ruthless workings of the Camorra, one of Italy's oldest and most violent mafias, were laid bare by the best-selling book 'Gomorrah' by Roberto Saviano and the by award-winning film of the same name.
