The 41-year-old famous pizza baker from Linz, whose branches were stormed by 150 police officers, is now commenting on the allegations made against him by “Krone”.
“I have ten million euros in loans in Austria and I have to see every month how I can pay them off. Do you think I would need loans if I was in the mafia and laundered money?” – Angry is the 41-year-old famous pizza baker from Linz, in whose branches and at his home 150 police officers and tax officials marched – we reported.
Because pizzas are so good
The “crown” reached the Italian, who has been in Austria since 1989, on the phone the day after the raids. Of course he doesn’t want to know that he belongs to the infamous “‘Ndrangheta”, the mafia of Calabria. “You think that every Italian who starts a business in Austria is with the mafia. I earn good money, but because people like my pizzas and I am grateful for that,” says the father of two.
In court for drug trafficking
The fact that he came to court for drug trafficking in the fall of 2020, was also convicted and walked away with handcuffs, was a miscarriage of justice. A phone call from an employee who had something to do with drug trafficking brought him to the point – but this version was also rejected by the court.
On track for expansion
The Italian now owns six restaurants and continues to expand. “I now want to build a semi-detached house and needed 200,000 euros from the bank for a short time. After the headlines about the raids, it doesn’t look bad,” says the businessman, who also has a Ferrari in the garage. has stood – for him, of course, the presumption of innocence applies.
“I pay lease installments for Ferrari”
“And that’s what I pay my lease installments for. I have loans from different banks and nothing is hidden. The income from Italy is also disclosed, I am not hiding anything,” says the 41-year-old, who was apparently targeted by local investigators because the Catanzaro public prosecutor’s office in Calabaria had asked colleagues from Steyr and Linz for international administrative assistance.
large-scale operations and confiscations
“150 people came from Vienna and confiscated my computer and mobile phone. You can have them, there are only pictures of my children on them. And I have had my mobile number for 18 years,” the pizzeria operator does not believe that incriminating material will be found about him. And he continues to swear: “I pay two million euros annually to the tax authorities and the health insurance company and I am constantly associated with the mafia. You have to earn envy, in Calabria and in Linz.”
Source: Krone
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