This is a prime example of how crime doesn’t pay.
You won’t be pulled over by the Ferrari 458 spider once owned by a Mafia member if you drive through Milan, Italy at night. The Ferrari is owned by the police of the city, but it’s not being used to chase down criminals. Actually, the opposite is true. The 458 Spider is a police officer dressed in green police uniform to teach children that crime doesn’t pay.
Through the country’s antimafia laws, the government took the Ferrari. This sounds similar to the United States’ civil asset forfeiture, but it is different in Italy. You must be convicted for an actual crime. The Ferrari was then given by the government to the City of Milan Police.
The police made few modifications to the Ferrari, which was otherwise a civilian car. The original white car was given a green police livery. The cabin rides on modified buttresses and was fitted with police lights. The front headlights also included lights in the hood gap. Modifications inside are even less, with only a police radio and buttons to activate the lights and sirens. It is not possible to transport criminals.
Milan Police Department doesn’t plan to keep the Ferrari for ever. Instead, they will be bringing it around to educational events. The 458 Spider will eventually be sold by the Milan Police Department with the proceeds going to victims and perpetrators of Mafia crimes.
It’s not unusual for Supercar to be used as a police car. Police can take the vehicle from a criminal, but sometimes they are given the car by an automaker. Lamborghini, for example, gifted an Italian police force a Huracan as a second offer from the automaker. These super police cars aren’t ones you want to try and escape from.