Massimo Carminati, a former gangster
and ex-member of the NAR right-wing terrorist group, was found
guilty by a Rome court on Thursday over allegations he was part
of an organisation that muscled in on city contracts worth
millions.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Another ringleader of the so-called Capital Mafia, leftwing
cooperatives chief Salvatore Buzzi, got 19 years.
The accusation of mafia association was scrubbed for 19
defendants in the so-called Capital Mafia case, including
ringleaders Carminati and Buzzi, by Thursday's ruling.
Former Rome migrants panel chief Luca Odevaine got six and a
half years while former Rome council assembly chair Mirko
Coratti of ex-pre,ier Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic
Party got six years.
The former Rome city council whip for three-time former
premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's now-defunct People
of Freedom party, Luca Gramazio, got 11 years.
Buzzi's wife and secretary were also found guilty in the
trial.
The wife, Alessandra Garrone, got 13 and a half years for
helping her husband commit his crimes.
The secretary, Nadia Cerrito, who kept Buzzi's books,
received a five-year sentence.
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi was in court for the reading out of
the sentences. The city is a civil plaintiff.
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