Oil heiress among dozens arrested as Italian police disrupt mafia fuel fraud

Anna Bettozzi was found with 300,000 in cash when her Rolls-Royce was pulled over in 2019

Dozens of people have been arrested, including an oil heiress and singer who was found with 300,000 (260,000) in cash when her Rolls-Royce was pulled over in 2019, as Italian police disrupted a massive fuel fraud by mafia groups.

Police also seized nearly 1bn in assets linked to mafia money laundering and tax fraud through oil products in a series of scams known as Operation PetrolMafias".