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Italian Mafia Money Laundering in Battersea London SW11

Topolino | 17.02.2009 15:15

This story goes back to June 19th 2008 when 18 people were arrested in Italy for their part in a "plug in" telephone scam and a 55 million euro money laundering scam. The operation was basically Italy, San Marino London. I man can now reveal that the London end of the scam was mainly carried out from two flats in Battersea SWII. The story is still making headlines in Italy as one of the persons arrested committed suicide in Solliciano Prison four days after his arrest.
The Italian press reports the operation was linked to various (mafia) organized crime gangs.



On the 19th of June 2008 the Italian Police arrested 18 people in various parts Italy , the Police operation was called “Operation Premium” . The arrest warrants were issued by Magistrates in Florence as part of “investigation 899” .
The people arrested were accused of being involved with a “plug in” Telephone scam, which uses interent, to automatically connect cell phones to an 899 number which cost at least 12.50 euro a minute. see below link for the testicle description.

Plug in Movie
 http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=PlugIn%20Movie%20Limited&threatid=11807

The story was widely covered in the Italian press and on line, Piero Mancini, the Boss of Arezzo Football Club was one high profile name. Anyone familar with Italian intrigue will know that Licio Gelli lives at Villa Wanda the view from which which looks over the city of Arezzo.
Piero Mancini’s aptly named company were one of the main players in the scam which was worked on a Italian, San Marino, London axis. The prosecutors allege that this group recycled 55 million euro’s through a series of “Russian dolls” companies. ( Italians say “scattole chinese” which means Chinese Boxes) anyway fake companies that provide a front for illegal operations.

I heard of the story and the the London connections last June but was dealing with something far more interesting and follow it up.

There was a twist to the story, one of the people arrested Niki Aprile Gatti commited suicide in Solliciano prison in Florence, thats the official version according to the Italian authorities. His mother would not accept this, she claims to have been informed about her sons death via a rather off hand cell phone call, while at the wheel of her car.
Her son was supposedly resident in London, domiciled in Titano, San Marino.
When the family went to collect his personal belongings from his apartment in San Marino they found that it had been emptied and completely cleaned out.
It seems that they blame the Italian authroities for this although they have no jurisdiction in San Marino, it’s more likely that their sons associattes cleaned out the flat, Niki owned five computers which as you can imagine have disappeared.
Last wednesday(11 02 08) there was a sit in at Montecitorio, the Italian Parliament by a Committee of Justice for Niki Aprile Gatti, quite a few people with placards and huge pictures of Niki turned out.
If it hadn’t been for the mother of this guy Niki I wouldn’t have become interested.
She literally makes her son out to be an Angel, which is slighty off the mark although he was not one of the main players he certainly allowed his name to be used and took part to a certain degree in the scam. But she is a dtermined Italian mamma and has found a lot of support from other Italian mamma’s.

According to reports in Italian newspapers this “899 scam” was certainly linked to known organized crime bosses and very possibly to a collaberation between three organized crime groups, Camorristi, mafiosi e ‘ndranghetisti “collaborano” per delinquere in what the Italians call a “Collabortation of Delinquents”. The bulk of the operation was run from three ex council flats in Battersea. It seems that London is specially equipped for money laundering operations, it’s well geared up for organized criminals to arrive in London go straight to a highly respected firm of legal agents / accountants and set up networks of companies from the same address and no one says a dickie bird.
One guy who signed up as a company director decribes in himself as a Waiter, the line above say Occupation is Nationality so the form reads Italian Waiter !! 4 fuck snakes it that obvious it’s a scam.
The firm that set up most of these bogus front companies , Corporate Directors and Temple Secretaries ( same people) 788 790 Finchley Road, ( policy is obviously take the money and don’t ask questions. Organized Criminals can go about there business in a very relaxed manner, knowing that the system is set up to help them and the seriously masonic London police have very little interest in organized crime and spend most of their time bashing people who mistakenly think they have a right to protest.
These corporate specialists are totally above board and will no doubt not eve figure in any police investigations, if there are any police investigations that is.
As Italy is officially run by the Mafia it is very unlikely that the top men will ever go to prison berlusconi has been linked on nunerous occasions to the mafia and money laundering operations, involving for example Tessa Jowells husband David MIlls, nothing much came of them , despite Mills telling large porky pies to both the English and Italian Authorities.

It’s very likely that there is more to this than I have so far uncovered so if anyone lives close to the address nd would like to check them out or has other ways of getting info I will certainly help out. (Through this article)
There’s a whole load of companies and addresses for anyone who would like to take this investigation on a step further I hope I have made it as simple as possible, but making things simple and easy to understand is not my speciality. All the names mentioned are from Italian press or Companies House documents.

To check out the story you need to understand Italian. Here are links to the story from the Italian press, there are plenty more and a search for the names I have supplied will soon turn up good results. Due to the amount of fuss the Mother of Niki Aprille Gatti has made searching on his name yields the best up to date reports.

LINKS ...

inchiesta 899, clienti perdono 10 milioni Truffe telefoniche con l'899. Arrestato il patron dell'Arezzo
 http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/cronache/articoli/2008/06_Giugno/19/inchiesta_899_piero_mancini_arezzo.shtml

Camorristi, mafiosi e ‘ndranghetisti “collaborano” per delinquere
 http://www.liberainformazione.org/news.php?newsid=5269
( the best story for general organized crime background)


stamani l'interrogatorio di Mancini e Cappietti
 http://seriec1.ilcannocchiale.it/?id_blogdoc=1946980

La truffa corre sul filo telefonico. Tre gli arrestati nel riminese
 http://www.newsrimini.it/news/2008/giugno/19/provincia/la_truffa_corre_sul_filo_telefonico._tre_gli_arrestati_nel_riminese.html

Un minuto di collegamento pagato sino a 12,50 euro
Inchiesta Fly Net, cosi si spartivano i soldi
 http://www.saturnonotizie.it/notizie/leggi/2335/

Truffa dei numeri ‘899’ Cinquemila denunce e una rete di riciclaggio Bollette da capogiro (fino a 4mila euro) ai truffati

 http://www.provincia.grosseto.it/rassegna/text.php?text=t131205&trova=criminalit

Truffe telefoniche: tra gli arrestati calabresi e siciliani

 http://forumdellalegalita.forumup.it/post-2160-forumdellalegalita.html

THE COMPANIES INOVOLVED in LONDON

Addresses as registered with Companies House ** denotes an error, there are lots.

Name & Registered Office:
EARNY LIMITED
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05680638
Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 19/01/2006

16/12/2008 288a DIRECTOR APPOINTED MS DANIELA DESSI
16/12/2008 288b DIRECTOR RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
6/12/2008 288b SECRETARY RESIGNED STEFANO VIRGILI


Name & Registered Office:
GIADA COMMODITIES LIMITED
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 06353408
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 28/08/2007
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
None Supplied

Name & Registered Office:
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT TRADE LTD
4 NEWTOWN STREET,**
NEWTOWN COURT
LONDON**
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 06202901
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 04/04/2007


Name & Registered Office:
TLD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
4 NEWTOWN COURT NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05858395
Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 27/06/2006
Giulio Cagna : Company Secretary
288b 09/02/2009 SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities

REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/07/07 FROM:
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ

Name & Registered Office:
MONDO CONNECT LIMITED
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 4AH
Company No. 05784125
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 18/04/2006
Giulio Gagna Secretary
288b 17/09/2008 SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 14/12/07 FROM:
SUITE B, 29 HARLEY STREET
LONDON
W1G 9QR


Name & Registered Office:
IE ADVANCED LTD
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05593685
Status: Dissolved 17/07/2007
Date of Incorporation: 14/10/2005
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
None Supplied
GAZ2 17/07/2007 STRUCK OFF AND DISSOLVED

Name & Registered Office:
DIGILINE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05858417
Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 27/06/2006
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
Giulio Gagna Secretary
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/07/07 FROM:
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ

Name & Registered Office:
HAGAKURE LTD
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05776584
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 10/04/2006
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
288b 19/09/2008 SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA


Name & Registered Office:
RVCOM LIMITED
4, NEWTOWN COURT NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05859879
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 28/06/2006
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
288b 09/02/2009 SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/07/07 FROM:
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ

Name & Registered Office:
LIMELIGHT CONSULTING EUROPE LIMITED
4 NEWTOWN COURT NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Company No. 05858386
Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 27/06/2006
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
288b 09/02/2009 SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/07/07 FROM:
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ




Name & Registered Office:
PLUG-EASY LTD
SUITE82, 28 OLD BROMPTON
ROAD SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON
SW7 3SS
Company No. 06032992
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 19/12/2006
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
Company Secretary: BENIAMINO MARRAS
Director Pasquale Melino (ITALIAN WAITER)
CARLO CONTINI 100% SHARES

TOURENTER LIMITED
97 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON
SW7 3LD
Company No. 06488051
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 29/01/2008
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
None Supplied
288b 17/12/2008 SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
288a 21/07/2008 DIRECTOR APPOINTED MR BENIAMINO FODDIS
288b 21/07/2008 DIRECTOR RESIGNED BENIAMINO MARRAS

Name & Registered Office:
ORQUIDEA PROPERTY INVESTMENT LIMITED
97 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
SW7 3LD
Company No. 06038419
Status: Live but Receiver Manager on at least one charge
Date of Incorporation: 02/01/2007
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 26/01/09 FROM:
18 HENTY CLOSE
BATTERSEA
LONDON
SW11 4AH

Name & Registered Office:
ORQUIDEA (UK) LTD
7 RAVENET STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HE
Company No. 05774638
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 07/04/2006
Name & Registered Office:
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
Director SERAFINO VALLORANI
100% share holder
Company Secretary; PASQUALE MELINO
Previous Company Secretary Temple Secretaries Limited
Previous Director: Company Directors Limited

WIRED UK LIMITED
7 RAVELET** COURT
RAVELET** STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HE
Company No. 06016754
Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off
Date of Incorporation: 01/12/2006
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7260 - Other computer related activities
Director (CEO) NIKI APRILE GATTI
100% SHARE HOLDER
Company Secretary: GIULO CAGNA
Previous Company Secretary Temple Secretaries Limited
Previous Director: Company Directors Limited
29/04/2008 288a SECRETARY APPOINTED LUANA DEL MANZO
29/04/2008 288b SECRETARY RESIGNED GIULIO CAGNA
DIRECTOR:
BURGESS, MARTIN DUNCAN MR
Appointed: 18/09/2008
Date of Birth: 24/08/1961
Nationality: BRITISH
No. of Appointments: 27
Address: 4 FRENSHAM WAY EPSOM SURREY
01/11/2008 288b DIRECTOR RESIGNED NIKI APRILE GATTI



Name & Registered Office:
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED
788-790 FINCHLEY ROAD
LONDON
NW11 7TJ
Company No. 02373000

COMPANY DIRECTORS
788-790 FINCHLEY ROAD
LONDON
NWII 7TJ

________________________________________________________________

PEOPLE LONDON,
All details are from Companies House Documents Errors are marked **

MR GIULIO CAGNA
7 RAVENET STREET**
LONDON SW11 5HE
Nationality: Italian

MR FRANCESCO CIMIERI (Arrested in Italy)
SUITE 82, 28 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON SW7 3SS
UNITED KINGDOM
Nationality: Italian
Occupation : Consultant
Date of Birth: 04/05/1963

GIUSEPPE CIMIERI (Arrested in Italy )
VIA DEL LAVORO 67
PERUGIA 06100
ITALIA
Nationality: Italian
Ocuupation: Director
Date of Birth 28/02/1965
C/O
63 CLARKEFIELD
RICKMANSWORTH,HERTS
UNITED KINGDOM WD38FL



MR FRANCESCO CINELLI
( supposedly wanted and on the run in London, no trace)

CARLO CONTINI (Arrested in Italy, date unkown)
4 NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
also
VIA DEL LAVORO 67
PERUGIA 06100
ITALIA


MS DANIELA DESSI
18 HENTY CLOSE
BATTERSEA
LONDON
SW11 4AH
Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth 15/05/1978
Occupation: Personal Assistant

BENIAMINO FODDIS
63 Clarkfield
Rickmansworth
Herts,
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON
also noted as living in SW11 and WOOD GREEN

MR NIKI APRILE GATTI (Commited Suicide in Solliano Prison Florence 24/06/2008)
4 NEWTOWN STREET**
LONDON SW11 5HH
Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth :19/02/1982
Occupation Web Design

MS LUANA DEL MANZO
4 ,NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH
Date of Birth: 20/01/1984

MR BENIAMINO MARRAS
SUITE 82, 28 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON SW7 3SS
UNITED KINGDOM


MR PASQUALE MELINO
7 RAVENET COURT
RAVENET STREET
LONDON SW11 5HE
Date of Birth 01/06/1974
Occupation ITALIAN WAITER !!


MR SERAFINO VALLORANI ( Arrested in Rimini, Italy 19th June 2008)
18 HENTY CLOSE
BATTERSEA
LONDON
SW11 4AH
Date of Birth: 18/ 05/1970
Nationality: Italian
Occupation: Manager

MR STEFANO VIRGILI
2c OAKHILL CLOSE
MAPLE CROSS,
RICKMANSWORTH,
HERTFORDSHIRE
WD3 9GA
Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth 21/11/1966
Occupation Builder

THE ADDRESSES USED BOTH AS COMPANY AND PRIVATE ADDRESSES

4 ,NEWTOWN COURT
NEWTOWN STREET
LONDON
SW11 5HH


97 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
SW7 3LD

SUITE 82, 28 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON SW7 3SS
UNITED KINGDOM


18 HENTY CLOSE
BATTERSEA
LONDON
SW11 4AH

2c OAKHILL CLOSE
MAPLE CROSS,
RICKMANSWORTH,
HERTFORDSHIRE
WD3 9GA

7 RAVENET COURT
RAVENET STREET
LONDON SW11 5HE


788-790 FINCHLEY ROAD
LONDON
NWII 7TJ

63 Clarkfield
Rickmansworth
Herts,London, **
UNITED KINGDOM
Telesesso
 http://www.aboutus.org/TeleSesso.it
 http://whois.domaintools.com/ungamunga.it

95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ
The Long Term Sophistaced & Widespread Online Scam - How Do We Catch These Crooks?
 http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/wsrcsr-corporation-c142076.html
Global Securites Consulting is based in 95 Wilton Road, Suite 3, London, SW1V 1BZ United Kingdom and was founded, to offer selected and outstanding products from a global selection to you as a part of a closed community of interested and openminded people.
 http://globalsecuritiesconsulting.com/language/gb/aboutus.php
Name & Registered Office:
FLOWERS24.TV LTD.
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 699
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
SW1V 1BZ
Company No. 05927702


Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 07/09/2006

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7499 - Non-trading company

Name & Registered Office:
BOXED IT LTD.
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ
Company No. 06423680


Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 09/11/2007

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7210 - Hardware consultancy
7222 - Other software consultancy and supply
7260 - Other computer related activities

Name & Registered Office:
BRIXTON TECHNOLOGY VENTURES LTD.
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
SW1V 1BZ
Company No. 06471326

Telephone number 631 hits +44 (845) 020 4259

Name & Registered Office:
AST VENTURE CAPITAL LTD.
95 WILTON ROAD
SUITE 3
LONDON
ENGLAND
SW1V 1BZ
Company No. 06532290


Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 12/03/2008

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
None Supplied

OK I put them up seperate so that it’s easy to cut n’ paste so I hope other people interested in “social justice” will have a go at this one, I also have more info on other operations / scams which I will publish soon ..
While they take away our civil liberites the door is open for any two bit mafioso to come and launder his ill gotten gains aided and abetted by a bunch of stuck up public school old boy twats with impeccable credentials and zero morality. TM
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Comments

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  1. Licio Gelli’s list — w
  2. Luigi de Magistris / Masonic Lodge San Marino — Forza Mafia
  3. Something about Niki — Frank
  4. Please contact me - — hrhpod