A court on Monday sentenced Fabio and
Nicola Riva to 22 and 20 years in jail respectively for the
"environmental disaster' caused by the ILVA steelworks in the
southern city of Taranto.
The pair are the former owners and directors of the plant, whose
emissions have been linked to high cancer rates in the area.
They were convicted of criminal association to cause an
environmental disaster and poising of food substances, among
other things.
Former Puglia Governor Nichi Vendola was sentenced to a
three-year term in relation to the case.
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