An Italian court has decided that over 200 people from a crime group will go to prison for a total of 2,200 years. This comes after the biggest mafia trial in Italy in 30 years.
The trial started in January 2021 in a special building in a town in southern Italy. Over 400 lawyers helped the people accused of a crime, and about 900 witnesses gave information in the trial.
Three judges decided the fate of 338 accused people on Monday, after thinking about it since the trial ended on October 16. According to the Italian news outlet Ansa, the court took one hour and 40 minutes to announce its decisions.
207 criminals went to jail and more than 100 were set free. The person was given five life sentences and three sentences that last 30 years each.
42 women were tried for mafia crimes, which was a record. 39 of them were found guilty.
Lots of people who are accused had funny names like “The Wolf,” “Fatso,” “Sweetie,” and “Lamb Thigh. ” These names were heard on about 24,000 recorded phone calls, as said in the trial.
The people found guilty are a former member of Forza Italia named Giancarlo Pittelli, former police chief Giorgio Naselli, former financial police officer Michele Marinaro, former mayor Gianluca Callipo, and former regional councilors Luigi Incarnato and Pietro Giamborino. CNN saw the document that shows this information.
The gangsters were connected to an Italian crime group called ‘Nrangheta and were found guilty of working with the mafia, forcing people to give them money, offering bribes, and committing five murders.
The trial was called the Rinascita Scott, named after a United States special agent named Scott W. Sieben found connections between Colombia’s drug cartels and the ‘Ndrangheta.
The ‘Ndrangheta is a very powerful mafia group from Italy. It is based in Calabria, in the south of the country. The Italian DIA says it has thousands of members and affiliates all over the world.
The three judges had been living with police looking after them for almost three years during the trial.
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Almost 200 mobsters imprisoned now largest mafia cases in Italy
