Yacht once owned by Benito Mussolini seized in Italy

Italian police said they had seized a yacht that once belonged to fascist dictator Benito Mussolini from a businessman possibly linked to a huge organised crime network.

The yacht was among €28m worth of assets, including real estate, luxury cars, and company stakes, sequestered in an investigation into three individuals and 10 companies, the finance police said.

A confiscation order from a Rome court named the businessman as Salvatore Squillante, 68. The lawyer named in the order as acting for Squillante declined to comment.