A former regional farm
councillor for the centrist UDC party, Michele Trematerra, was
sent to trial for alleged links to the Calabria-based
'Ndrangheta mafia on Monday.
Prosecutors sat Trematerra was connected to the Lanzino-Ruà
clan of Acri near Cosensa.
He is charged with mafia association and electoral
corruption.
In all, 20 people were sent to trial, which starts September
7.
Another suspect, presumed clan member Rinaldo Gentile, got
eight years in a fast-track trial.
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