Investigators seized two residential buildings with seven housing units in Isca dei Macelli, in the Policastro Bussentino area of Santa Marina, with an estimated value of about 600,000 euros. The operation, carried out on 19 October 2026 by the Guardia di Finanza and the Carabinieri, is part of an investigation into alleged unlawful land subdivision.
The inquiry is led by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Lagonegro and concerns what investigators describe as a mixed unlawful subdivision, or lottizzazione abusiva, in Santa Marina.
What was seized
According to the account reported by Il Mattino Salerno, the most recent preventive seizure concerned two buildings containing seven residential units in the locality of Isca dei Macelli.
Investigators value the seized property at approximately 600,000 euros. The buildings are now under judicial seizure while the criminal investigation continues.
Who is under investigation
The investigative account lists a broad group of people under investigation.
They include alleged subdividers, designers, works directors, buyers and sellers, as well as the successive heads — responsabili pro tempore — of the municipal technical office. The reported investigative hypothesis also includes ideological falsehood, or falsità ideologica, alongside unlawful subdivision, with 32 people under investigation cited in the reconstruction reported by Basilicata24.
All of these descriptions reflect the investigators' allegations at this stage. The available reporting does not document final convictions or established liability.
How investigators describe the alleged scheme
Investigators describe the transformation of land classified as agricultural under the town plan through successive subdivisions, sales and construction later deemed inconsistent with planning instruments.
In practical terms, the account is that agricultural parcels were divided and sold and then built upon, producing residential buildings that, according to the accusation, did not conform to the applicable urban-planning rules.
This alleged sequence — subdivision, transfer and non-compliant building — is central to the hypothesis of unlawful subdivision reported in both sources.
An earlier seizure in the same area
The October seizure follows an earlier measure in the same investigative area.
On 8 June 2026, a seizure ordered by the preliminary investigations judge in Lagonegro concerned six buildings under construction in Isca dei Macelli, with more than 15 housing units and an estimated value of over 1.5 million euros, according to Basilicata24.
The two operations are reported as part of the same broader investigation, although a complete judicial chronology is not available in the acquired reporting. Taken together, they bring the reported value of property placed under seizure in this inquiry to more than 2.1 million euros.
What is not yet established
This remains a criminal proceeding in its investigative phase.
The full text of the judge's order and the prosecutor's statement was not available in the acquired documents, and the precise procedural relationship between the June and October seizures has not been detailed beyond their attribution to the same investigation. Allegations reported by the press are formulated in accusatory terms and should be understood as the investigators' account, not findings of guilt.
