London used as money-laundering base , mafia trial prosecutor says
Italy’s national anti-mafia prosecutor, Federico Cafiero De Raho, has warned that Brexit may exacerbate organised crime in the UK. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
In Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades, the UK’s capital has been roped in as a potential hotspot for organised crime, particularly post-Brexit.
The trial will see around 900 witnesses testify against more than 350 ’Ndrangheta defendants, including politicians and officials charged with being members of Italy’s most powerful criminal group.
Defendants are set to respond to charges of money laundering through companies set up in the UK, with the alleged purpose of mimicking lawful economic activity.
Witnesses will be asked to respond to claims the ’Ndrangheta has laundered billions of euros in City of London. Da The Guardian.
In a high-security, 1,000-capacity courtroom converted from a call centre, Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades is under way in Lamezia Terme, Calabria. About 900 witnesses are set to testify against more than 350 defendants, including politicians and officials charged with being members of the ’Ndrangheta, Italy’s most powerful criminal group.
Several of the defendants will be asked to respond to charges of money laundering over establishing companies in the UK with the alleged purpose of simulating legitimate economic activity.
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Italy s largest mafia trial in decades is under way in Lamezia Terme, Calabria
More than 350 members of the Ndrangheta criminal network and their alleged associates are defendants in the case