Entrepreneur Giuseppe Nastasi,
who is on trial over his alleged ties to the Mafia, "was part of
the entourage" of fugitive Cosa Nostra No. 1 Matteo Messina
Denaro, Milan anti-Mafia prosecutor Paolo Storari said Friday.
Storari, a State attorney with the DDA anti-mafia department
in Milan, asked for a nine-year jail term for Nastasi in an
ongoing fast-track trial in Milan.
Nastasi, the head of a consortium of cooperatives, is on
trial with another six defendants over alleged Mafia
infiltrations at the Milan Expo and Milan trade fair companies.
The State attorney said the entrepreneur offered his services
to the closest aides of the reputed mobster together with
Liborio Pace, who is also charged of aiding Cosa Nostra
infiltrate contracts for Expo 2015.
The Milan trade fair company and its controlled company
Nolostand, as plaintiffs in the trial, have demanded that the
seven defendants including Nastasi pay 800,000 euros in damages.
The city of Milan has also asked for one million euros in
compensation.
Messina Denaro, 53, has been on the lam since 1993.
Interpol has said the Cosa Nostra leader is among the 10 most
wanted criminals in the world.
Italian police have repeatedly said in recent years they are
closing in on him.
photo: Messina Denaro
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