Forty-five years ago today, on October 24th, 1980 (September 16th, 1980 in the lunar calendar), Italy seized a major oil smuggling case that caused a sensation throughout the country. On October 24th, 1980, Italy seized a major oil smuggling case that caused a sensation in the whole country. The stolen money was 2 trillion lire (about 2.2 billion US dollars), involving many politicians, and more than 70 people were arrested. Since 1974, some oil dealers in northern Italy have bribed senior military and political officials for a long time to smuggle activities. These oil dealers sent special men to Rome every month to send boxes of bills amounting to 200 million lire for bribery. After long-term operation, these businessmen formed a large-scale smuggling network in half Italy, ranging from garage staff, oil truck drivers, tax bureau officials, to financial police, senior generals and political dignitaries. Under the cover of some financial police officers and relevant government officials, oil dealers trafficked and sold gasoline and engine diesel, which should pay high taxes, as heating diesel with only a small tax, or converted duty-free processed transit gasoline into domestic sales, evading a lot of taxes and making windfalls. Some ordinary oil dealers, through these smuggling activities, have become billionaires in just a few years. As early as 1976, a lieutenant colonel of the financial police named Vitaly investigated the case and wrote a report to his superiors. However, the policeman's report fell into the hands of his bribed boss, and not only did the report fall into the sea, but he himself was punished by transfer. By the end of October 1980, the development of the case gradually involved politicians. On October 29th, a senator from the "social movement" accused Antonio Bisaglia, the current Minister of Industry, of being involved in the oil smuggling case in Parliament. Bisalia immediately retorted, saying that there was no such thing. MPs asked Finance Minister Franco Reviglio to come to Parliament to clarify the truth. Under this circumstance, Reviglio admitted that in March 1980 he had forwarded a whistleblowing report handed in below to Senate Finance Committee Chairman and Democrat Segnana. And seniana withheld this disclosure material for seven months. This matter caused a lot of discussion among members of parliament. Communist lawmakers asked Seniana to resign, while Socialist lawmakers asked him to suspend his post for introspection. It is worth noting that the important figures involved in the oil scandal include Freado, a close friend of former Italian Prime Minister Moro and director of the secretariat. Some newspapers believe that this oil scandal is not only a "financial case", but also a political background.