Calisto Tanzi

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Calisto Tanzi (born November 17, 1938 in Collecchio ; † January 1, 2022 in Parma ) was an Italian entrepreneur and the owner of numerous companies, including the food company Parmalat , which he founded in 1961 .

Life

At the age of 22, Tanzi took over his grandfather's dairy company, from which the Parmalat Group with around 130 factories for dairy and other food products emerged within four decades. His company also included Parma FC , a tourism company and a television station.

In 2003 he was arrested in connection with the Parmalat financial fraud case , also known as Crack Parmalat . In the course of the proceedings it turned out that he had succeeded in building an extensive corruption network that included people from politics , finance and the press .

In 2008 Calisto Tanzi was sentenced by a court in Milan to ten years' imprisonment and payment of damages of 80,000 euros for speculation of differences . Seven defendants on trial with him were acquitted. Because Tanzi was over seventy at the time of the conviction, it was initially unlikely that he would begin his prison sentence.

After an Italian TV show speculated about the existence of a hidden private fortune from Tanzi at the end of November 2009, on December 5, 2009, Tanzi's son-in-law Stefano Strini led the Italian tax investigation into three apartment basements in Parma, which were used as hiding places for works of art by Van Gogh , Picasso , Monet , Cézanne , Modigliani , Manet ( Étude d'arbres ) and Degas served. The authorities estimated the value of the confiscated works of art at 100 million euros.

In December 2010, Tanzi was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in another trial for bankruptcy fraud and formation of a criminal organization.

The judgments were upheld in the third and final instance in May 2011 (difference speculation) and March 2014 (bankruptcy fraud) by the Court of Cassation . Only the sentence was reduced to eight years and one month imprisonment in the first case and to 17 years and five months in the second case due to partial limitation.

However, Tanzi was only detained for two years because he was granted mitigation in March 2013 because of his poor health and the remainder of his sentence was commuted to house arrest. Up to this point he had already been treated in the intensive care unit in the hospital in Parma several times.

Individual evidence

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  2. Morto Calisto Tanzi, il fondatore della Parmalat ed ex patron del Parma Calcio. In: ilrestodelcarlino.it. January 1, 2022, accessed January 1, 2022 (Italian).
  3. Calisto Tanzi is dead. In: Der Spiegel. January 1, 2022, accessed January 2, 2022 .
  4. ^ Parmalat, 10 anni a Tanzi-Assolti gli altri imputati. In: La Repubblica . December 18, 2008.
  5. Ten years imprisonment for Tanzi. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 20, 2008.
  6. Masterpieces found in basements. In: orf.at . December 5, 2009.
  7. ^ The court sentenced the ex-boss of Parmalat to 18 years in prison. In: The mirror . December 9, 2010, accessed January 2, 2022.
  8. Tanzi, condanna ridotta da 10 a 8 anni di reclusione. In: repubblica.it. May 11, 2011, accessed January 1, 2022 (Italian).
  9. Crac Parmalat, la Cassazione conferma le condanne. In: repubblica.it. March 7, 2014, accessed January 1, 2022 (Italian).
  10. Silvia Bia, David Marceddu: Calisto Tanzi, il tribunale concede i domiciliari in ospedale. In: ilfattoquotidiano.it. March 7, 2013, accessed January 1, 2022 (Italian).