The extraordinary commissioner of the System Authority Port of the Eastern Adriatic Sea, Antonio Gurrieri, who will be appointed president of the entity as soon as his designation is endorsed by the Chamber, is registered in the register of suspects by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Trieste for the hypothesis of money laundering for consultancy and sums of money that Asian companies would have paid to one of the companies of which Gurrieri is the head. It made it the newspaper "Il Piccolo" noted the fact that the Gurrieri's lawyers have declared that the legality of those operations.

The investigation had been launched following an investigation to the company Alpe Adria, of which Gurrieri is CEO. "Regarding the accusation of the Prosecutor's Office of Trieste - said Gurrieri - I am sure I can demonstrate to have acted legally, in full transparency. They are not investigated nor for my past and present activities at the port, nor for my assignment in the Alps-Adria, but for Private issues on which I will clarify. I will not allow to no one, therefore, to obfuscate thirty years of respected and honored career".