In recent days, the financiers of the Provincial Command of Avellino, together with personnel from the Customs and Monopolies Agency, also on the basis of a protocol signed with the local Public Prosecutor's Office, have intensified controls to combat illegal and irregular gaming, in order to verify the correct fulfillment of the provisions established by the relevant law.
In particular, inspections were carried out on three commercial activities in the province of Irpinia, selected after a targeted in-depth activity aimed at intercepting the subjects at highest risk of irregularities. At the end of the checks, serious irregularities were discovered in relation to two commercial businesses.
In particular, in the first room, three non-compliant gaming machines were found, without identification - containing non-approved gaming cards inside, as well as coins, proving their use - which did not comply with the characteristics required by law. for the gaming offer, as they are not connected to the electronic network authorized by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. Further coins and banknotes, for a total of almost €2.000, were found inside a coin change machine.
The money and the described equipment were seized and made available to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Avellino and the person responsible for the business, a 54-year-old Italian citizen, was referred in relation to the crimes committed (of "Embezzlement", pursuant to art. 314 of the Criminal Code, “Aggravated fraud against the State”, pursuant to art. 640, paragraph 2, letter 1) of the Criminal Code and “Embezzlement”, pursuant to art. 646 cp), referring to their illicit use for running the game.
In the second room, used as a "bar" activity, in which bets were collected, upon entry, a minor was found, to whom a gaming receipt had just been delivered via electronic means, registered to a third party , not present, of age. For this reason, the receipt and the PC with which the bet was made were seized as part of the crime of "illegal exercise of gaming or betting activities (ex art. 4 of Law no. 401 of 1989)" through use of remote gaming accounts registered in the name of third parties and the person responsible, a 46-year-old Italian citizen, was reported to the aforementioned Public Prosecutor's Office of the capital of Irpinia.
Since the beginning of the year, the effectiveness of the commitment made in the delicate investigative sector by the financiers of the Provincial Command of Avellino, directed by Colonel Salvatore Minale, explained in n. 44 further interventions, of which n. 2 irregulars, allowed us to report no. to the competent AG. 3 subjects, impose administrative sanctions of approximately 7 thousand Euros as well as subject an entire illegal betting room to seizure.
In the public gaming sector, the Financial Police and the Customs and Monopolies Agency protect players from illegal, unsafe and unsecured gaming offers, safeguarding the weakest groups, first and foremost minors.
