Mafia Capital trial to begin in November

(ANSA) - Rome, August 20 - A judge assessing alleged money laundering and kickbacks by mafia gangsters and corrupt politicians in Rome announced Wednesday night that 59 people will be tried in November.
    The most-high profile on trial include alleged clan leaders Massimo Carminati, a former gangster and rightist militant who lost an eye during a shoot-out with police in the early 1980s, and leftwing cooperative chief Salvatore Buzzi. They are among 34 people arrested in the so-called Capital Mafia case in December last year who will be given a fast-track trial. Some 25 others were arrested earlier this summer.
    The trial will begin on November 5 and will take place in a bunker in Rebibbia prison, in the suburbs of Rome, for security reasons.
    Ex-local politicians Luca Gramazio, the former head of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia on the regional council, and Mirko Coratti, former president of the city council of Rome for Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party, will also be tried.
    Charges for defendants include bribery, extortion, money laundering, exploitation and bid rigging.