Here are the judicial seizures suffered by Gxo, Brt, Dhl, Esselunga and more
New foray by the Milanese public prosecutor, Paolo Storari, into the world of logistics: this time the investigation focuses on the American Gxo. The Milanese prosecutor's office states that the investigations into the manpower pools have so far already brought 480 million euros to the treasury. Facts, numbers and controversies
The world of logistics still under the lens of Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari (in the photo), who sent the Fiamme Gialle to carry out an emergency preventive seizure of 83.9 million euros for tax fraud against the Italian branch of the multinational US logistics company GXO, which also uses drones for goods handling.
THE GXO CASE AND THE “MANPOWER TANKS” TRICK AGAIN
This is only the latest in a long series of judicial news cases which from mid-2021 to today have brought to light numerous irregularities in the logistics sector.
The investigation, parallel and therefore similar to those carried out in recent months by prosecutor Storari, focuses on "manpower reservoirs": an alleged system through which large companies guarantee themselves "highly competitive rates" on the market "by contracting out labor ” to cooperatives and other companies on an irregular basis for their logistics services.
ARE THE MILAN INVESTIGATIONS WORTH HALF A BILLION?
The system was so widespread that the investigations coordinated by Storari meant that the companies paid a "total" of over 480 million euros to the treasury as compensation for the disputed sums.
This was written by Ansa , which had the opportunity to read the documents: this figure would be reported in the 154 pages of the decree, signed by prosecutor Storari and prosecutor Valentina Mondovì , which led to the seizure this morning of almost 84 million from the Italian branch of the giant GXO.
A somewhat irregular underlining by the Milanese prosecutor's office also because, one imagines, these sums were returned by the defendants (or by suspects?) without even waiting for the final level of judgment (too little time has passed since the contestation of the facts, it would seem strange to suddenly have such speedy justice) or in any case the finalization of sentences certifying their guilt.
The decree – writes Ansa – lists all similar investigations already carried out and a table records the amount already paid to the tax authorities by around fifteen companies, such as over 35 million from DHL, 38 million from GLS, almost 48 million from Esselunga, 146 million from Brt, over 86 million from UPS, for a total of almost half a billion euros.
Furthermore, the companies pinched by the PM, the Prosecutor's Office further points out, "proceeded to internalize the employees, previously 'at the mercy' of the cooperatives".
WHEN THE INTERVENTION OF THE ROBES MAKES YOUR NOSE TURN UP
This is a situation in limine , which had already sparked numerous controversies : the placing of some of the largest players in private security under commissionership guilty of gangmastering by imposing excessively low salaries on employees. An investigation that had pushed the companies to reach an agreement directly with the Prosecutor's Office to obtain full freedom of action while awaiting the sentence.
Almost the payment of a "security", if only it were foreseen by our system. “While waiting for the government, the judges are now thinking about the minimum wage: Mondialpol announces 38% increases for security guards”. This is Repubblica 's controversial headline regarding the story just mentioned.
“The judiciary cannot deal with an issue of this type” because “it intervenes patchily, it risks having distorting effects on competition and because the most disadvantaged workers, such as women and immigrants, cannot turn to a judge every time they they have a problem,” economist and former INPS president Tito Boeri told LaPresse .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/tutti-i-sequestri-giudiziari-subiti-da-gxo-brt-dhl-esselunga-e-non-solo/ on Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:41:51 +0000.