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Ndrangheta mobsters used the City of London as its investment and money-laundering base, flushing billions of pounds through the capital, huge mafia trial will hear
Several defendants in maxi trial will be questioned over establishing businesses in the UK for the alleged purpose of money-laundering
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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
Embattled ‘maxi-trial’ prosecutor takes on ’Ndrangheta
Upcoming television series and book add to Mob courtroom drama underway in Italy Published: February 25th, 2021 - By Larry Henry Nicola Gratteri is the chief prosecutor of the “maxi-trial” underway in Italy. He has armed guards and armored vehicles to protect him from possible attacks by those associated with the 335 trial defendants.
Nicola Gratteri has not been to a restaurant in 20 years. The 62-year-old lawyer eats in his office. His home, he says, is a bunker. Armored vehicles and armed guards have been a part of his life for decades, since he began taking on the ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate in southern Italy.
Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades has begun, with 900 witnesses testifying against more than 350 people, including politicians and officials charged with being members of the powerful ’Ndrangheta. A high-security 1,000-capacity courtroom with cages to hold the defendants has been built by Italian authorities in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme. Despite its symbolic importance, the opening day was largely procedural, with Judge.