The financiers of the Trapani Provincial Command carried out a preventive seizure decree ordered urgently by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Trapani for over 100 million euros as well as from the entire company compendium and the shares of the Liberty Lines shipping company what profit - announced the Guardia di Finanza - of the crimes of fraud against the State, corruption and fraud in the performance of a public service hypothesized with regard to subjects attributable to the governance of the company, its shareholder structure and its managers and Executives. In particular, the shipping company is accused of having unduly increased its profits by collecting large contributions from the State despite the failure to comply with the conditions of carriage contemplated by the public contract stipulated, with particular reference to the procedures and safety protocols required by law.

With the seizure, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Trapani, held complexity, strategic and public relevance of the company's activities at the service of of the community, appointed a board of directors judicial, composed of three members (two chartered accountants and a lawyer), in order to restore the conditions of legality and, at the same time, guarantee and ensure the continuity of and the public service connecting the smaller islands, balanced by the essential safety needs of the passengers, as well as the full protection of employment levels.