An investigation into international tax evasion has led Italian police to seize millions of dollars in assets belonging to the families that own Deiulemar.

Around EUR 40m ($51m) in assets belonging to the Della Gatta, Iuliano and Lembo families have been appropriated by the Naples division of the Guardia di Finanza, part of Italy’s fraud squad.

The assets were seized on Wednesday on the order of Rome-based prosecutors probing the fiscal affairs of Deiulemar Shipping, which filed for bankruptcy last month.

Investigators