Two more ringleaders in the sprawling
Mondo di Mezzo (Middle World) Rome graft case, Salvatore Buzzi
and Luca Gramazio, regained their freedom on Friday.
The pair were both released from house arrest after a judge
ruled that the maximum amount of time they could be deprived of
their freedom before a definitive verdict on their case had run
out.
Another ringleader, former rightist militant and ex-gangster
Massimo Carminati, was recently released from jail on the same
grounds.
The case was initially dubbed 'Mafia Capitale' because
prosecutors said the affair, in which a gang got its hands on
city contracts worth millions, ranging from the running of Roma
and migrant camps to waste management and maintaining green
areas, regarded organized crime.
But last year the supreme Cassation Court quashed mafia
convictions and ordered an appeals court to reset jail terms in
the case.
Buzzi, former leftwing cooperatives kingpin, had originally
been sentenced to 18 years and four
months in jail.
Carminati, ex-member of the NAR right-wing terrorist group, was
given a term of 14 years and six months.
'Middle World' refers to Carminati's nickname for the demi-monde
of politicians, blue-collar workers and criminals he operated
in.
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