Nine Puglia mafiosi were convicted
Tuesday of four ambushes in Bitonto in December 2017 including
one in which an 84-year-old woman bystander was killed by
accident.
The ambushes, on December 30, 2017, were part of a turf war
between the Conte and Cipriano clans, a judge said.
The woman, Anna Rosa Tarantino, happened to be in the
hitmen's line of fire.
The judge handed down prison terms ranging from three to 20
years.
The Puglia mafia, the Sacra Corona Unita (United Sacred
Crown, SCU) is the smallest of Italy's four mafias.
It has dwindled to a fraction of its former strength thanks
to waves of police action.
But, unlike the other mafias, it has not stopped killing to
claim turf and retain power.
The other three mafias are 'Ndrangheta from Calabria, Cosa
Nostra from Sicily and the Camorra from Naples.
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