Overview
- Authorities say about €30 million was siphoned over six months from the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore.
- Investigators detained nine suspects in coordinated dawn actions across Brescia, Milan, Bergamo, Lodi, Prato, Rieti and Vicenza.
- Those held are under investigation for issuing invoices for non-existent operations, money laundering and self-laundering.
- Perquisitions are underway at numerous companies tied to the invoicing circuit, and one additional suspect remains unreachable.
- The nonprofit manages Florence’s cathedral, Giotto’s Campanile, the Baptistery of San Giovanni and the Museo dell’Opera.