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Milan Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini
said Wednesday that the probe over alleged mafia infiltration of
contracts for Expo 2015 showed that Sicily's Cosa Nostra is
active in the northern region of Lombardy.
"It's important because it shows that infiltration this
time of Cosa Nostra, not the (Calabria-based) 'Ndrangheta," she
said after 11 people were arrested in relation to the
investigation.
Boccassini said that Giuseppe Nastasi, the head of the
consortium of cooperatives at the centre of the probe, allegedly
had "links to important clans such as members of the Accardo
family".
She said prosecutors would request an immediate trial for
the suspects, without going through a preliminary hearings
judge. She also said that the probe had uncovered nothing of
criminal relevance regarding the Milan Expo or Milan trade fair
companies.
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