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Massive Italian mafia roundup convicts 70 defendants

By Asher Notheis
Published November 8, 2021 4:57pm ET
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Massive Italian mafia roundup convicts 70 defendants
Italy secured a major victory against organized crime on Saturday as 70 members of a notorious mafia group were convicted for a slew of crimes. The trial, held in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, resulted in multiple members of the ‘Ndrangheta crime family receiving the maximum 20-year sentence requested by prosecutors. Roughly a third […]

Italy secured a major victory against organized crime on Saturday as 70 members of a notorious mafia group were convicted for a slew of crimes.

The trial, held in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, resulted in multiple members of the ‘Ndrangheta crime family receiving the maximum 20-year sentence requested by prosecutors. Roughly a third of those charged received a sentence of at least 10 years, according to Agence France-Presse.

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