A judge assessing alleged money
laundering and kickbacks by mafia gangsters and corrupt
politicians in Rome announced Wednesday night that 59 people
will be tried in November.
The most-high profile on trial include alleged clan leaders
Massimo Carminati, a former gangster and rightist militant who
lost an eye during a shoot-out with police in the early 1980s,
and leftwing cooperative chief Salvatore Buzzi.
They are among 34 people arrested in the so-called Capital
Mafia case in December last year who will be given a fast-track
trial. Some 25 others were arrested earlier this summer.
The trial will begin on November 5 and will take place in a
bunker in Rebibbia prison, in the suburbs of Rome, for security
reasons.
Ex-local politicians Luca Gramazio, the former head of
Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia on the regional council, and
Mirko Coratti, former president of the city council of Rome for
Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party, will also be tried.
Charges for defendants include bribery, extortion, money
laundering, exploitation and bid rigging.
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