Illegal 'Ghost Bank' Moving Millions in Drugs and Goods Discovered in Tuscany

'Ghost bank' discovered, moving €100 million a year in drugs and goods

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 15 - An illegal 'ghost bank' run by the Chinese, Albanian and Italian mafia has been discovered in the Tuscan city of Prato, allegedly capable of moving between €80 and €100 million a year in phantom payments for drugs and goods between Italy and foreign countries. Three criminal organizations allegedly benefited from it: one for laundering drug money, one for international drug trafficking, and the third for illegal Chinese immigration. The bank used the untraceable Islami...

By ANSA