Five people were indicted Friday
in a probe into the presence of the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta
mafia in the northwestern region of Val d'Aosta.
The trial will see in the dock former regional councillor
Marco Sorbara, former Aosta municipal councillor Nicola
Prettico, former Saint-Pierre councillor Monica Carcea,
restaurateur Antonio Raso, and a former employee of the local
casino, Alessandro Giachino.
The trial starts in Aosta on March 11.
'Ndrangheta, Italy's richest and most powerful mafia, has
spread from Calabria all over Italy and the world thanks to its
chokehold on the European cocaine trade.
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