Refugees, Roma people want to be Rome Mafia civil plaintiffs

(see related)(ANSA) - Rome, November 5 - About 150 people and entities including refugees and Roma people asked to be admitted as civil plaintiffs in the so-called Rome Mafia case, which opened Thursday in the nation's capital.
    The trial centers on an alleged racketeering ring made up of gangsters, businessmen and politicians that muscled in on lucrative city contracts for refugee and Roma people camps, trash collection, parks maintenance, and other sectors. Among the would-be plaintiffs are three refugees from Darfur, a 23-year-old Pakistani political refugee, and 37 Roma people who argued the defendants dissipated funds earmarked for improvements to a camp where the city had transferred them by force.
    Others wanting to constitute themselves as injured parties include the interior ministry, the Lazio region, the city of Rome, AMA trash collection company, Confindustria employers association, cooperatives league Lega Coop, Codacons consumer group, Cittadinanzattiva (Active Citizenship) non-profit, the Lazio section of the ruling Democratic Party (PD) and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S). The court will announce its decision at the next trial hearing on November 17.