There is also Mons. Tremolada among the people “registered” by the Chinese

09/15/2020 Business, Italy



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“A private company, Zhenhua from Shenzhen City, China, collects detailed information abroad about politicians, their families, people of public interest, members of institutions, businessmen and criminals. All in the name of Beijing. And it does Also in Italy. This is what emerges from the analysis of a mammoth database obtained from Foglio together with other international newspapers such as the Telegraph, the Sunday Times, the Indian Express, the Globe and Mail and the Australian Financial Review. ‘ He writes it Sheet II.

«L ‘Okidb, overseas key information database – Il Foglio reports – collects public information analyze the big data available online; Every social network, blog, article, any publication on the Internet becomes a source. The data is then analyzed “by numerous specialized researchers.” Another section of the database monitors cargo by sea and by air. Below the search key Italy Appear 4,544 names and surnames. Italian data collection seems to start in 2006, before the company existed. ‘

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Chinese President Xi Jinping – Photo Ansa © www.giornaledibrescia.it

“4,544 Italian names and surnames contained in Okidb, the Chinese overseas key information database, – explains Il Foglio – are divided into three categories. The first is that of politically exposed people. Parliamentarians, members of institutions, commissions, Authorities, but also regional councilors, mayors, members of politics. People related to the strategic industry. Bishops and prelates.

From Adriana Poli Bortone (the first, in alphabetical order) to Walter Veltroni (the last), through Enrico Letta, Laura Boldrini, Lia Quartapelle, Giulio Tremonti: a total of eight hundred names and surnames. Each person is assigned a identification code. In the details it is indicated if the person is still active or not, one or two images are provided.

Then there are the port authorities with a lot of names of people who work for the ports of Trieste, Genoa to Civitavecchia. There are people linked to the Defense and the Vatican, from mons. Pierantonio Tremolada, Bishop of Brescia, to Gabriele Mana, Bishop of Biella ».

Monsignor Pierantonio Tremolada – Photo Marco Ortogni / Neg © www.giornaledibrescia.it

«The second Italian part of the Chinese database – continues the newspaper – is among the most anomalous, compared to a classic telephone directory of an embassy or a ministry. Let’s talk about 1,012 names that have to do with China’s influence and goals. As expected, the entire Berlusconi family is there, down to the last of the grandchildren. The Renzi family. The Merloni and Ferrero family. Fathers, mothers, comrades and colleagues of political party leaders. Business brothers of parliamentarians. There are wives and children of former ambassadors, now managers of public interest companies. The name of her newly grown daughter appears from a former center-left undersecretary. The photograph and identification code of all are indicated, which then serves to rebuild the network of relationships in the Zhenhua software.

«The Italian third part of the Chinese database – Il Foglio concludes – is the most important. It is a list of 2732 names; there are under investigation and convicted, mostly members of the organized crime. For each individual, the key words are indicated: extortion, human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, fraud, and a profile is prepared with a photo, identification number, description of the areas of interest and background of the linked persons. For example, it lists Giovanni palamara, a Calabrian drug trafficker linked to the Colombian cartels, linked directly by Chinese intelligence to Capo Rocco Morabito and the Morabito-Bruzzaniti-Palamara clan.

There is this Davide Battiato, arrested in 2017 and linked to Santo La Causa, former head of the powerful Santapaola clan. And then Gennaro Imparato, from Naples, son of Franco Imparato, suspected of being the lieutenant of the boss of the Camorra Francesco Mazzarella.

There’s also public or institutional figures under investigation or conviction. Former Ciampino Airport Director Sergio Legnante, Carlo Focarelli, convicted in the Fastweb-Telecom Italia Sparkle case. And then people indicated under the keyword terrorism. Among the names is Imitias Khan, a Pakistani detained in Olbia after being accused of being part of an Al Qaeda cell.