Overview
- Prison terms reached up to 16 years, including for a leading member of the ’Ndrangheta.
- Sixteen defendants were acquitted, and nine cooperating witnesses received reduced sentences of up to four years.
- A further 45 accused will face full trials after rejecting the fast-track procedure tied to potential sentence reductions.
- Judges concluded the network coordinated drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering and large-scale fraud tied to the Superbonus renovation subsidy.
- The maxi-trial was held in the Opera prison bunker under reinforced security after threats to prosecutors, following a 2023 warrant setback that Italy’s Supreme Court overturned.