“this is the seventeenth time that our company has been targeted and no investigation has been successful”

On the night of November 21 to 22, five construction machines were destroyed by flames in the town of Aleria. They were stationed to carry out earthworks for the construction of a wine cellar. The targeted company is one of the subsidiaries of the Brandizi group.

The events took place in the town of Aleria on the night of Thursday November 21 to Friday November 22.

Around 1 a.m., Ghisonaccia and Aleria firefighters responded to a fire involving five construction vehicles. Earth-moving equipment was all destroyed by the flames. No injuries were reported.

According to our information, the origin of the disaster is believed to be criminal. The vehicles were parked in preparation for carrying out work in progress on a wine cellar.

An inscription – “Brandizi attenti” – hostile to the company of the same name, responsible for carrying out the work, was discovered on site.

“This is not the first time that our company has been targeted; it is the seventeenth time since 1996 and no investigation has yet been successful, laments Petrughjuvanni Torre, president of SAS Terraco, one of the subsidiaries of the Brandizi group. It might be time for the investigating services to get to the bottom of it.”

Created in 1984, the Brandizi group is a heavyweight in the island economy in the construction sector. It has 320 employees and is made up of seven subsidiaries.

In March 2023, its president, Patrick Brandizi, was sentenced by the Bastia Court of Appeal to 2 years in prison, including 6 months suspended for “active abuse of corporate assets, corruption and influence peddling”. He was banned from running a business for five years.

Concerning the five devices set on fire, “an investigation into the charge of destruction by dangerous means has been opened”indicates Jean-Philippe Navarre, public prosecutor of Bastia.

The Corsican Gendarmerie Research Section is in charge of the investigations.

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