In January 2021, Italy benched the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta. This case, which lasted three years, ended this Monday. convictions against more than 200 members of it (230 of 343 defendants) mafia one of the main topics at the moment broker between international drug trafficking and the most dangerous in Italy. However, the total number of convicted criminals is approximately 2,100 years in prisonCompared to the 4,700 requested by the Prosecutor’s Office, according to calculations by the Transalpine press.
This closes the process Rinascita Scottafter more than one time one month in which three judges The Vibo Valentia Court convened to decide the sentence. Among those convicted Giancarlo PittelliA. former Forza Italia senatorCurrently the party of the late Silvio Berlusconi; This was the party with which the former parliamentarian collaborated in carrying out a major reform of the judicial system in 2006. Pittelli, who was even close to Freemasonry circles, was described as a kind of “bridge” connecting criminals with representatives of the State and corrupt public institutions.
However, some of the convicted ‘Ndrangheta members were directly influential clans criminals. These are mafia families (like a clan) with well-known surnames mancuso) inside CalabriaThe cradle of Southern Italy’s criminal organisations. In addition, businessmen, former district councilors, mayors, police officers and even agents of the anti-mafia unit were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 2 to 30 years in the same period.
Many people were arrested in a major operation 2019. Now they have been convicted of crimes such as membership in a mafia association, murder, attempted murder, extortion, possession of illegal weapons and explosives, influence peddling, corruption, abuse of power and drug trafficking.
spies
Italian justice therefore leaves a solid verdict court testimony Although it assumes that the end of the story is not yet here, it also underlines the dangerous coexistence between this mafia and figures from trans-Alpine institutions. Decision can be appealed First in the Supreme Court, and then in the Supreme Court (Supreme Court), which will most likely happen. And this may take years.
But still, this sentence represents the first major victory for prosecutor Nicola Gratteri, who has been the most oppressor of this mafia in Italy and has therefore paid the price of living for years. with escort 24 hours a day. “In due course Gratteri and his collaborators ugly ending“, he heard a witness in prison later tell the Italian police.
This is why the case is often compared to the case against it. Sicilian Cosa NostraHeld between 1986 and 1992, which revealed the decades-old mysteries of this other mafia group and the extent of its infiltration of Italian society. Actually, motivations The content of the new sentence has not yet been revealed, but it will happen soon. We will have to wait another 90 days at most, the time during which judges must explain what they based their historic sentences on.