Germina Campus SpA is the holding that Coldiretti uses to grind profits behind Italian farmers and breeders. A paradigm of conflicts of interest and distortions of competition on the commercial offer - or rather, the imposition - of goods and services on the associative system.
The millionaire salaries of Coldiretti's magic circle and the splendor of Palazzo Rospigliosi, on the other hand, require reliable, continuous and growing sources of income. As no one better than those who work the heavy land can offer, in the agricultural feudalism of modern times.
Politics and the judiciary, government agencies and supervisory bodies, have so far turned the other way. While the press limits itself to uncritically relaunch the press releases, often fake news, yellow flags (1,2). And the mosaic, gradually, is enriched with new pieces. #Clean shovels.
Germina Campus SpA and Coldiretti, the archetypal conflict of interest
Germina Campus (GerCam) SpA, share capital € 15,492 million, is the safe of the 'agricultural union' Coldiretti, which is its sole shareholder. Its Board of Directors is in fact made up of:
- Ettore Prandini, president. Also president of Coldiretti and business partner of the Federconsorzi 2 galaxy through his Agricola Quadrifoglio Srl (shareholder of Arum SpA, where even a few months ago the Progresso Srl of Vincenzo Gesmundo's family participated), shareholder of BF (Bonifiche Ferraresi) SpA , (3)
- Raffaele Grandolini, managing Director. As well as attorney general and head of Administration, Finance and General Affairs of Coldiretti. King Midas of Palazzo Rospigliosi overcomes the myth with over twenty tasks, often in conflict, (4)
- Vincenzo Gesmundo, councilor and general secretary of Coldiretti. The former auditor of Federconsorzi, 'implicated in a fraudulent bankruptcy trial'then lost in thin air. (5) Quoted by L'Espresso as'farmer and millionaire', because of the gold salaries. (6) The 'ras by Coldiretti', in the now famous dossier poisons. (3)
The boss of bosses
The boss of bosses - Vincenzo Gesmundo, unmentionable in the corridors of Palazzo Rospigliosi - consolidated his absolute power following the early resignation of the president of Coldiretti Sergio Marini. Thanks to a statutory reform that reduced the office of president to a single non-renewable term, 'to further concentrate powers in the hands of the Secretary General:
- assisting the confederal bodies in defining and implementing union and general policy lines,
- plan, direct and coordinate the activities of the areas,
- exercise, proposing its articulation, the power of direction and supervision over the territorial structures, to implement the resolutions of the confederal bodies,
- carry out the function of coordination and direction for the national and territorial structures. In fact, the mere task of spokesperson remains with the president, elected only once. ' (7)
Germina Campus SpA, the holding company
From the ashes of Federconsorzi, Germina Campus SpA took over (at a base price) the historic headquarters of Palazzo Rospigliosi, to renew its modus operandi. Raking up the public and private resources of Italian farmers, through a holding to which various service companies belong. Insurance and finance, food trade, telephone contracts, etc. Only the funeral home is missing (for the moment). Some hints to follow.
- Green Assicurazioni Srl is almost the exclusive property of GerCam (96,2%). Councilors, Vincenzo Gesmundo and Raffaele Grandolini. A broker which in fact acts as an insurance agency to sell to farmers policies with triple brokerage (del 'broker', the' reinsurer 'and the Agrifides agency, also from Coldiretti) and prices much higher than market prices, (8)
- Bluarancio SpA (98,7% of the shares held by Germina Campus). CEO Raffaele Grandolini. It is the second computer company in the Coldiretti galaxy. Buy from software e hardware by Enteus Srl (of Coldiretti) to resell them to the Consorzio Sistema Servizi (of Coldiretti itself),
- Editions Tellus Srl. The company that owns the 'Impresa Verde Coldiretti' trademark - which gave rise to a cloud of Srls that dominate the market for services to farms in every province of the Bel Paese - was incorporated by Ger.Cam. in 2016,
- Agritel Srl, AGER Srl and the Italian Agricultural Supply Chain (FAI) SpA also deserve further study. The ABC of conflicts of interest.
A) AGRITEL Srl Speculation on telephone users
Agritel Srl - sole shareholder Germina Campus, president Raffaele Grandolini - works as an agent and reseller for TIM SpA Buy services (prepaid cards, voice and data traffic, PEC) and products (smartphone e tablets) of Telecom Italia, obtaining modest commissions to which are added the margins on the increased prices, in the forced resale to the so-called 'Coldiretti Network' (composed of the three categories of employees, collaborators and shareholders), through the license 'Community '.
The directors of the offices of Coldiretti and Impresa Verde in the area must in fact refer exclusively to the 'Coldiretti telephone company'. Also for:
- sign contracts for farmer members who have corporate offices - (section and zone presidents, zone presidents, provincial and regional councilors, federation presidents, etc.),
- induce / oblige all employees and collaborators to do the same. Prices and tariffs are inflated, obviously out of market, to fatten Palazzo's dividends,
- Propose to all farmers registered with the Chambers of Commerce the certified e-mails that Agritel buys at market prices (by customizing the Aruba domain) and resells on a margin, at Palazzo prices.
Agritel, Coldiretti and the partner's portal
Essentially Agritel works like the Consorzio Sistema Servizi Coldiretti SCpA, with a whirlwind of invoicing from external suppliers and rebilling to the Coldiretti Territorial Network at inflated prices, to feed the bottomless pit of the magic circle of Palazzo Rospigliosi.
An anecdote expresses the dimension of the autarchic self-referentiality of the boss of the leaders and his loyalists.
Samsung he joined the network of sponsors of the Cernobbio Agriculture Forum in 2019. And he obtained from Coldiretti, as a counterpart, the planning of the purchases of telephony equipment. So it was that 2 thousand (!!!) tablets obsolete, for the notorious 'Il Portale del Socio' project. Furthermore, none of the partners was interested in joining the bankruptcy project, so the Palazzo forced the Green Companies to swallow the obsolete tablets redundant.
B) AGER Srl, the 'party school'
AGER Srl - of which Germina Campus SpA holds 95% of the shares, Coldiretti national the remaining 5% - is the so-called 'training company', or 'party school'. Established in 1997, it is now chaired by Gianluca Lelli, Head of the Economic Area of Coldiretti and CEO of CAI SpA alias Federconsorzi 2. (9) The ubiquitous Raffaele Grandolini and Sara Paraluppi, director of Coldiretti Lazio, are managing directors. According to rumors, Gianluca Lelli wanted to drown it and dilute it in AgriConsulting Srl, an offshoot company of the competing agricultural union Confagricoltura.
The project however, it was miserably skipped, as was the other project entrusted to the miserable care of Gianluca Lelli, CAI SpA alias Federconsorzi 2. Following the defections of various Agricultural Consortia, such as those of Umbria (despite the pressure of its president Albino Agabiti, also head of AsnaCodi, the national association of Defense Consortia. See note 10), of Terrepadane , (11) of Cremona, in the North-East, etc.
AGER Srl, UNAPROL and AGEA
The economic accounts of the Palazzo companies, even in the case of AGER Srl, do not return with the sumptuous emoluments of corporate offices. Thus AGER Srl, for about ten years, has been issuing large invoices to Unaprol ScpA, the Italian Olive Consortium. (12) As consideration for an oil quality project financed by AGEA (General Agency for Disbursements in Agriculture). In this case, two crucial figures emerge:
- Gabriele Papa Pagliardini, AGEA's general manager and former business partner of the magic circle, (13) tests Unaprol's financial statements without batting an eye. Which thus, through AGER, fills Coldiretti's coffers with public money instead destined for olive growers,
- David Granieri, president and legal representative of Unaprol ('client' of AGER), is at the same time vice president of the Coldiretti National Confederation (owner of AGER, through Germina Campus and on his own).
Yet another conflict of interest both AGEA Coldiretta and the board of statutory auditors of Unaprol SCpA, chaired by prof. lawyer Antonio Cepparulo. Who, in combination, is among other things the mayor of CAA (Agricultural Assistance Center) Coldiretti Srl, CAF (Tax Assistance Center) Coldiretti Srl and Elaion Srl. But also ex-president of the board of auditors of the AgriRevi founded, among others, by the general manager of AGEA Gabriele Papa Pagliardini. (11)
C) ITALIAN AGRICULTURAL CHAIN SpA The triangle of Palazzo
Last but not least, Germina Campus SpA is the first shareholder of Filiera Agricola Italiana (FAI) SpA, on equal merit (44%) with SCCA pa (Società Consortium of Agricultural Consortiums for shares, founder of CAI SpA. Minority shareholder of the Consorzio dei Produttori di Campagna Amica SCpA).
Ettore Prandini is its chairman, Raffaele Grandolini is the managing director, alongside Federico Vecchioni (director, as well as managing director of CAI SpA) and Sara Paraluppi (director of Coldiretti Lazio). Filiera Agricola Italiana SpA has some anomalies that obviously no one has so far noted. The corporate purpose is indeed the 'marketing of agricultural and agri-food products'. Nevertheless…
Triangulation on paper is the core business of Filiera Agricola Italiana SpA, which 'intermediates' the invoices of the Agricultural Consortiums on the sales of their commodities - wheat for pasta and fruit and vegetables above all, oil to a small extent - to the food industry and large-scale distribution (eg. Conad, Coop, LIDL, Esselunga , etc.). That is to say that:
- the Agricultural Consortiums, which have always sold and continue to sell their products to their customers, now suffer a tax from FAI SpA,
- the goods are transported with their DDT from the Agricultural Consortiums to industry and / or large-scale distribution, while the sales invoices travel from the Agricultural Consortiums to FAI SpA which then re-invoices to their customers.
Filiera Agricola Italiana SpA, conflicts of interest and financial bubble
Italian Agricultural Supply Chain SpA it is therefore yet another emblem of conflicts of interest. The general managers of the Agricultural Consortiums (employees of SCCA pa) have consented to a triangulation 'on paper' of their goods in favor of a third party, CAI SpA (of which SCCA pa is the majority shareholder), which, among other things, does not of logistic structures. A gabelle for agricultural consortia devoid of any economic significance. Will their boards and shareholders be aware of this?
The turnover of FAI SpA it is also phenomenal. Although its margin on paper triangulations is around 1-2%, Italian Agricultural Supply Chain receives and reissues invoices for the full amount of the goods sold by the Agricultural Consortiums. So as to expose revenues of over € 30.000.000 (thirty million euros), instead of reporting at most € 5-600 of 'commissions'.
#VanghePulite
'The new 'masters' of Coldiretti have added, alongside the rulers and representatives of economic power, other subjects to make fun of: the agricultural presidents, promoted and dismissed at will, using taxpayers' money. The associates then run, bewitched by a dream that the new 'bosses' are able to induce with the rhetoric of peasant protagonism. ' (7)
Behind the guise of a 'union' there is only a system of self-referential power, with its business committees and objectives which are quite different, as we have seen, with respect to the needs and expectations of Italian farmers. Who seem resigned to undergoing malfeasance and taxes in every activity that concerns them, until the institutions called to respond to the Italian Constitution and the law begin to exercise their duties of supervision, reporting, investigation and sanctioning of offenses and harassment.
#Clean shovels, when?
Dario Dongo
Footnotes
(1) Dario Dongo. Fake news in the food sector, the quibus. GIFTS (Great Italian Food TradAnd). 8.10.18, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/fake-news-nel-settore-alimentare-il-quibus
(2) Dario Dongo. De-alcoholated wine and CMO reform, a bit of clarity. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 21.5.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/mercati/vino-dealcolato-e-riforma-dell-ocm-un-po-di-chiarezza
(3) Dario Dongo. Agricultural Consortiums of Italy SpA, Federconsorzi 2? The poison dossier. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 1.1.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/mercati/consorzi-agrari-d-italia-spa-federconsorzi-2-il-dossier-dei-veleni
(4) Dario Dongo. Federconsorzi 2, AgriRevi, AIPO (Unaprol). Gold business for Coldiretti's magic circle. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 3.6.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/mercati/vino-dealcolato-e-riforma-dell-ocm-un-po-di-chiarezza
(5) Antonio Saltini. Coldiretti, congruences, coincidences, correspondences. Agricultural Science. 20.8.18, https://www.agrariansciences.it/2018/08/coldiretti-congruenze-coincidenze.html?m=1
(6) Emiliano Fittipaldi. Farmer and millionaire: record salary for Coldiretti's general secretary. L'Espresso. 29.1.15, https://espresso.repubblica.it/plus/articoli/2015/01/29/news/contadino-e-milionario-stipendio-record-per-il-segretario-coldiretti-1.196726?preview=true
(7) Alfonso Pascale. From Bonomi to re travicello. The anthropological mutation of Coldiretti. Agricultural Science. 24.2.15, https://www.agrariansciences.it/2015/02/da-bonomi-re-travicello-la-mutazione.html?m=1
(8) Dario Dongo. Subsidized insurance, Coldiretti's business behind farmers. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 13.5.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/mercati/assicurazioni-agevolate-il-business-di-coldiretti-alle-spalle-degli-agricoltori
(9) Dario Dongo. Federconsorzi 2 aka CAI SpA, a bit of clarity. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 15.3.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/federconsorzi-2-alias-cai-spa-un-po-di-chiarezza
(10) Dario Dongo. Subsidized insurance in agriculture, the great deals of Coldiretti's magic circle. #Clean shovels. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 1.3.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/mercati/assicurazioni-agevolate-in-agricoltura-i-grandi-affari-del-cerchio-magico-di-coldiretti-vanghepulite
(11) Dario Dongo. Federconsorzi 2, AgriRevi, AIPO (Unaprol). Gold business for Coldiretti's magic circle. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 3.6.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/federconsorzi-2-agrirevi-aipo-unaprol-affari-d-oro-per-il-cerchio-magico-di-coldiretti
(12) Dario Dongo. Coldiretti and Unaprol. The uncertain fate of public funds destined for Italian olive growers. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 6.2.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/idee/coldiretti-e-unaprol-il-destino-incerto-di-fondi-pubblici-destinati-agli-olivicoltori-italiani
(13) Dario Dongo. AGEA - Coldiretti, the European Commission rejects the conflict of interest. GIFTS (Great Italian Food Trade). 24.3.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, https://www.greatitalianfoodtrade.it/progresso/agea-coldiretti-la-commissione-europea-boccia-il-conflitto-d-interessi
Dario Dongo, lawyer and journalist, PhD in international food law, founder of WIISE (FARE - GIFT - Food Times) and Égalité.
