Mafia, trial of operation Taxation: over 600 years of imprisonment for 67 sentences
Three sun acquittals and 67 convictions for over 600 years of imprisonment. It was thus concluded, before the district judge, Vittorio Rinaldi, the process with abbreviated procedure born from the anti-mafia operation “Imponimento“, taken in July 2020 by the Finance Police with the coordination of Dda of Catanzaro led by the prosecutor Nicola Gratteri. The investigation hit the clans of Philadelphia, Vibo Valentia, Lamezia Terme, Curinga And Sant’Onofrio, ending up also involving politicians, entrepreneurs, lawyers, municipal employees and officials of the Calabria Region.
These are the main convictions: Rocco Ring, believed to be the boss of Philadelphia, 20 years in prison, his wife Angela Bartucca 12 years old, the entrepreneur and lawyer from Vibo Vincenzo Make it 4 years and 10 months, the brigadier of the Guardia di Finanza Domenico Bretti 12 years, 2 years and 10 months Serafino Neri (regional official), the entrepreneur 16 years and 2 months Daniele Prestanicola di Maierato, 20 years each of the brothers Giuseppe and Vincenzino Fruci, 9 years Paolino Lo Bianco (referred to as the boss of Vibo), 9 years old Vincenzo Barba (believed to be at the top of the Vibo clan of the same name), 9 years and 2 months Domenico Bonavota (believed to be at the top of the homonymous clan of Sant’Onofrio). Mafia association, extortion, recycling, illegal possession of weapons the main disputed crimes. The convictions are discounted by a third due to the choice of shortened procedure.
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